S.I. No. 69/1959 - Oil Pollution of the Sea (Convention Countries) (Miscellaneous) Order, 1959.

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Oil Pollution of the Sea (Convention Countries) (Miscellaneous) Order, 1959.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 4th day of May, 1959.

2. It is hereby declared that the countries specified in the Schedule to this Order have accepted the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil, 1954.

SCHEDULE.

United Kingdom

Norway

Mexico

Ireland

Sweden

Belgium

Federal Republic of Germany

France

Denmark

The Netherlands

Canada

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 20th day of April, 1959.

SEÁN F. LEMASS,

Minister for Industry and Commerce.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order declares that the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil, 1954, has been accepted by the United Kingdom, Mexico, Sweden, the Federal Republic of Germany, Denmark, Canada, Norway, Ireland, Belgium, France and The Netherlands.

S.I. No. 69 of 1959.

OIL POLLUTION OF THE SEA (CONVENTION COUNTRIES) (MISCELLANEOUS) ORDER, 1959.

I, SEÁN F. LEMASS, Minister for Industry and Commerce, being satisfied that the governments of the countries specified in the Schedule hereto have accepted the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil, 1954, hereby, in exercise of the power conferred on me by subsection (1) of

section 19

of the

Oil Pollution of the Sea Act, 1956

(No. 25 of 1956), order as follows