Sea Pollution (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006

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Number 29 of 2006

SEA POLLUTION (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 2006

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

PART 1

Preliminary and General

Section

1. Short title and commencement.

2. Expenses.

PART 2

Bunker Oil Pollution (Civil Liability and Compensation)

3. Interpretation (Part 2).

4. Orders.

5. Regulations.

6. Laying of orders and regulations before Houses of Oireachtas.

7. Convention to have force of law.

8. Limitation regime.

9. Insurance.

10. Recognition and enforcement of final judgment in the State.

11. Recognition and enforcement of judgment of court or tribunal of Member State of European Communities.

12. Payment of interest on judgment and payment of costs.

13. Documents required to accompany application for enforcement order under section 10.

14. Inspectors.

15. Detention of ships.

16. Recovery of fines etc., for certain offences.

17. Penalties and offences.

18. Proceedings.

PART 3

Sea Pollution

19. Definitions.

20. Amendment of section 2 (preparation and submission of plans to Minister) of Act of 1999.

21. Pollution emergency plans.

22. Amendment of section 4 (authorised officers) of Act of 1999.

23. Amendment of section 25 (powers of harbour-masters) of Act of 1991.

24. Amendment of section 6 (giving of directions by Minister) of Act of 1999.

25. Report of discharge in State or into harbour or prescribed area.

26. Duty on Irish ships to report pollution incident.

27. Duty on offshore units and handling facilities to report pollution incidents.

28. Amendment of section 8 (Minister to prepare plan for preventing and minimising oil pollution damage) of Act of 1999.

29. Amendment of section 9 (acquisition of equipment and materials by Minister) of Act of 1999.

30. Amendment of section 10 (provision of assistance by foreign maritime administration) of Act of 1999.

31. Amendment of section 11 (provision of assistance by Minister outside State) of Act of 1999.

32. Amendment of section 12 (ships anchored outside harbour) of Act of 1999.

33. Amendment of section 26 (powers of Minister to prevent, mitigate or eliminate pollution) of Act of 1991.

34. Amendment of section 3 (interpretation) of Act of 1991.

35. Amendment of section 1 (interpretation) of Act of 1999.

36. Acts of European Communities.

37. Miscellaneous amendment of Act of 1991.

PART 4

Amendment of Harbours Act 1996

38. Amendment of Harbours Act 1996.

SCHEDULE

International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage 2001

Acts Referred to

Number 29 of 2006

SEA POLLUTION (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 2006

AN ACT TO GIVE EFFECT TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON CIVIL LIABILITY FOR BUNKER OIL POLLUTION DAMAGE 2001 DONE AT LONDON ON 23 MARCH 2001 AND TO MAKE PROVISION FOR MATTERS RELATING TO COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) NO. 44/2001 OF 22 DECEMBER 2000 ON JURISDICTION AND THE RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS IN CIVIL AND COMMERCIAL MATTERS IN SO FAR AS IT RELATES TO THAT CONVENTION, TO GIVE EFFECT TO THE PROTOCOL 2000 ON PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE AND CO-OPERATION TO POLLUTION INCIDENTS BY HAZARDOUS AND NOXIOUS SUBSTANCES 2000 DONE AT LONDON ON 15 MARCH 2000, TO GIVE EFFECT TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON THE CONTROL OF HARMFUL ANTI-FOULING SYSTEMS DONE AT LONDON ON 5 OCTOBER 2001, TO GIVE EFFECT TO ANNEX VI AS ADDED TO THE MARPOL CONVENTION BY THE PROTOCOL TO THAT CONVENTION DONE AT LONDON ON 26 SEPTEMBER 1997, TO GIVE EFFECT TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT OF SHIPS’ BALLAST WATER AND SEDIMENTS 2004 DONE AT LONDON ON 13 FEBRUARY 2004, TO AMEND THE SEA POLLUTION ACTS 1991 TO 1999, TO AMEND THE HARBOURS ACT 1996 AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS.

[31st October, 2006]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: