S.I. No. 222/1981 - Oil Pollution of the Sea (Convention Countries and Convention Amendment Countries) Order, 1981.

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Oil Pollution of the Sea (Convention Countries and Convention Amendment Countries) Order, 1981.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 1st day of July, 1981.

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

3. It is hereby declared that the countries specified in Part II of the Schedule to this Order have accepted the amendments to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil, 1954, which were adopted on the 11th day of April, 1962, by the Conference of Contracting Governments to that Convention.

4. It is hereby declared that the countries specified in Part III of the Schedule to this Order have accepted the amendments to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil, 1954, which were adopted on the 21st day of October, 1969 by the Assembly of the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organisation.

5. It is hereby declared that the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil, 1954, extends to the territories specified in Part IV of the Schedule to this Order.

SCHEDULE.

Part I.

Portugal

Yugoslavia

Saudi Arabia

Malta

Libya

Austria

Senegal

Kenya

Fiji

Uruguay

Tunisia

Bahamas

India

Argentina

Bulgaria

Yemen

Surinam

Qatar

Chile

Papua New Guinea

Republic of Korea

Cyprus

German Democratic Republic

Guinea

Part II.

Mexico

Fiji

Ireland

Tunisia

Australia

India

Dominican Republic

Yugoslavia

Panama

Malta

Venezuela

Austria

Algeria

Kenya

Spain

Uruguay

Italy

Bahamas

Israel

Argentina

Ivory Coast

Bulgaria

Portugal

Surinam

Libya

Republic of Korea

Senegal

German Democratic Republic

Yemen

Cyprus

Qatar

Guinea

Papua New Guinea

Chile

Saudi Arabia

Part III

United Kingdom

Greece

Mexico

Portugal

Sweden

Lebanon

Germany, Federal Republic of

Japan

Denmark

Nigeria

Canada

Morocco

Norway

Syrian Arab Republic

Ireland

Democratic Yemen

Belgium

USSR

France

Monaco

Netherlands

New Zealand

Finland

Saudi Arabia

Poland

Libya

United States

Senegal

Kuwait

Fiji

Iceland

Tunisia

Liberia

India

Ghana

Yugoslavia

Australia

Malta

Egypt

Austria

Jordan

Kenya

Dominican Republic

Uruguay

Panama

Bahamas

Phillipines

Argentina

Venezuela

Bulgaria

Algeria

Surinam

Spain

Chile

Italy

Republic of Korea

Madagascar

German Democratic Republic

Israel

Yemen

Switzerland

Qatar

Ivory Coast

Papua New Guinea

Guinea

Cyprus

Part IV.

Puerto Rico

Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands

Guam

Midway Islands

Panama Canal Zone

Wake Island

Virgin Islands

Johnston Island

American Samoa

Bermuda

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 17th day of June, 1981.

ALBERT REYNOLDS,

Minister for Transport.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

This Order declares that the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil, 1954 has been accepted by the countries specified in Part I of the Schedule to the Order, that the countries specified in Part II of the Schedule have accepted the amendments to that Convention which were adopted in April, 1962, that the countries specified in Part III of the Schedule have accepted the amendments to that Convention which were adopted in October, 1969 and that the Convention extends to the territories specified in Part IV of the Schedule.

I, ALBERT REYNOLDS, Minister for Transport, being satisfied that the governments of the countries specified in Part I of the Schedule hereto have accepted the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil, 1954, and being satisfied that the governments of the countries specified in Part II of the Schedule hereto have accepted the amendments to that Convention which were adopted on the 11th day of April, 1962, by the Conference of Contracting Governments to that Convention, and being satisfied that the governments of the countries specified in Part III of the Schedule hereto have accepted the amendments to that Convention which were adopted on the 21st day of October, 1969, by the Assembly of the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organisation, and being satisfied that the Convention extends to the territories specified in Part IV of the Schedule hereto, hereby, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 19

(1) of the

Oil Pollution of the Sea Act, 1956

(No. 25 of 1956), the Transport, Fuel and Power (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1959 (

S.I. No. 125 of 1959

), and the Tourism and Transport (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1980 (

S.I. No. 11 of 1980

), order as follows