All effects below are reflected in the most recent Revised Act.

Contents

• Commencement
• Amendments and other effects
• SIs made under the Act

Commencement

Section	Commencement Date	Commencement Information
Ss. 1-5	9 August 2007	Sea Pollution (Hazardous Substances) (Compensation) Act 2005 (Commencement) Order 2007 (S.I. No. 586 of 2007), art. 2(a)
Ss. 6-27		Not yet commenced, requires commencement order under s. 1(4)
Ss. 28, 29	9 August 2007	Sea Pollution (Hazardous Substances) (Compensation) Act 2005 (Commencement) Order 2007 (S.I. No. 586 of 2007), art. 2(b)
Sch. 1		Not yet commenced, requires commencement order under s. 1(4)
Sch. 2	9 August 2007	Sea Pollution (Hazardous Substances) (Compensation) Act 2005 (Commencement) Order 2007 (S.I. No. 586 of 2007), art. 2(c)

Amendments and other effects

How Affected	Affecting Provision
Act, s. 28 included in collectively cited Merchant Shipping Acts	s. 1(2)
Act, s. 29 included in collectively cited Oil Pollution of the Sea (Civil Liability and Compensation) Acts	S. 1(3)
Non-application of regs where liability/compensation provided under Act	S.I. No. 547 of 2008, regs. 1(2), 4(2), schedule 4, para. 3
Transfer of ministerial functions	S.I. No. 842 of 2005, arts. 1(2), 4, schedule
S. 2(1) amended	23/2010. ss. 2, 15(14), schedule 2, pt. 14, para. 21
S. 2(2) substituted	28/2021, ss. 1(2), 20(3), schedule 2
	8/2006, s. 93(9)
S. 15(8) amended	43/2014, ss. 1(3), 68, schedule 4

SIs made under the Act

Section	SIs made under the Act
None