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Oil Pollution of the Sea (Civil Liability and Compensation) (Amendment) Act 2003

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Number 33 of 2003

OIL POLLUTION OF THE SEA (CIVIL LIABILITY AND COMPENSATION) (AMENDMENT) ACT 2003

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section

1.

Definitions.

2.

Application.

3.

Amendment of section 3 (interpretation) of Act of 1988.

4.

Amendment of section 10 (limitation on liability for pollution damage) of Act of 1988.

5.

Amendment of section 19 (returns of volume of oil carried by sea) of Act of 1988.

6.

Amendment of Act of 1988 (Supplementary Fund).

7.

Amendment of section 21 (extent of liability of Fund) of Act of 1988.

8.

Amendment of section 22 (limitation of actions against Fund and Supplementary Fund) of Act of 1988.

9.

Amendment of section 23 (pollution damage in two countries) of Act of 1988.

10.

Amendment of section 24 (claims by State) of Act of 1988.

11.

Recognition and enforcement of Judgement of Member State of European Communities in relation to Supplementary Fund.

12.

Short title, collective citation, construction and commencement.

Acts Referred to

Oil Pollution of the Sea (Civil Liability and Compensation) (Amendment) Act 1998

1998, No. 13

Oil Pollution of the Sea (Civil Liability and Compensation) Act 1988

1988, No. 11

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Number 33 of 2003

OIL POLLUTION OF THE SEA (CIVIL LIABILITY AND COMPENSATION) (AMENDMENT) ACT 2003

AN ACT TO GIVE EFFECT TO THE AMENDMENT OF THE LIMITATION AMOUNTS IN THE PROTOCOL OF 1992 TO AMEND THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON CIVIL LIABILITY FOR OIL POLLUTION DAMAGE 1969, DONE AT LONDON ON 27 NOVEMBER 1992, AND THE AMENDMENT OF THE LIMITS OF COMPENSATION IN THE PROTOCOL OF 1992 TO AMEND THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR COMPENSATION FOR OIL POLLUTION DAMAGE 1971, DONE AT LONDON ON 27 NOVEMBER 1992, TO GIVE EFFECT TO THE PROTOCOL OF 2003 TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR COMPENSATION FOR OIL POLLUTION DAMAGE 1992, DONE AT LONDON ON 16 MAY 2003, AND FOR THOSE PURPOSES TO AMEND THE OIL POLLUTION OF THE SEA (CIVIL LIABILITY AND COMPENSATION) ACTS 1988 TO 1998, AND TO PROVIDE FOR CONNECTED MATTERS. [29th October, 2003]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: