S.I. No. 404/1992 - Oil Pollution of the Sea, (Civil Liability and Compensation) (Convention Countries) Order, 1992.

1. This Order may be cited as the Oil Pollution of the Sea (Civil Liability and Compensation) (Convention Countries) Order, 1992, and shall come into operation on the 11th day of December, 1992.

2. It is hereby declared that the states specified in Part I of the Schedule to this Order have accepted the Liability Convention.

3. It is hereby declared that the states specified in Part II of the Schedule to this Order have accepted the Protocol to the Liability Convention.

4. It is hereby declared that the states specified in Part III of the Schedule to this Order have accepted the Fund Convention.

5. It is hereby declared that the states specified in Part IV of the Schedule to this Order have accepted the Protocol to the Fund Convention.

6. It is hereby declared that the Liability Convention and the Fund Convention, as amended by the Protocols referred to in Articles 3 and 5 of this Order respectively, extend to the territories specified in Part V of the Schedule to this Order.

SCHEDULE

PART I

Algeria

Luxembourg

Australia

Maldives

Bahamas

Malta

Belgium

Monaco

Belize

Morocco

Benin

Netherlands

Brazil

New Zealand

Brunei Derussalam

Nigeria

Cameroon

Norway

Canada

Oman

Chile

Panama

China

Papua New Guinea

Colombia

Peru

Cote-d'Ivoire

Poland

Croatia

Portugal

Cyprus

Qatar

Denmark

Republic of Korea

Djibouti

Russian Federation

Dominican Republic

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Ecuador

Senegal

Egypt

Seychelles

Estonia

Singapore

Fiji

Slovenia

Finland

South Africa

France

Spain

Gabon

Sri Lanka

Gambia

Sweden

Germany

Switzerland

Ghana

Syrian Arab Republic

Greece

Tunisia

Guatemala

Tuvalu

Iceland

United Arab Emirates

India

United Kingdom

Indonesia

Vanuata

Ireland

Venezuela

Italy

Yemen

Japan

Yugoslavia (Federal Republic of

Kuwait

Serbia and Montenegro)

Latvia

Lebanon

Liberia

PART II

Australia

Luxembourg

Bahamas

Maldives

Belgium

Malta

Belize

Netherlands

Brunei Derussalam

Norway

Cameroon

Oman

Canada

Peru

China

Poland

Colombia

Portugal

Cyprus

Qatar

Denmark

Russian Federation

Egypt

Singapore

Finland

Spain

France

Sweden

Germany

Switzerland

Greece

United Arab Emirates

India

United Kingdom

Ireland

Vanuatu

Italy

Venezuela

Kuwait

Yemen

Liberia

PART III

Algeria

Maldives

Bahamas

Malta

Benin

Monaco

Brunei Darussalam

Netherlands

Cameroon

Nigeria

Canada

Norway

Cote-d'Ivoire

Oman

Croatia

Papua New Guinea

Cyprus

Poland

Denmark

Portugal

Djibouti

Qatar

Estonia

Russian Federation

Fiji

Seychelles

Finland

Slovenia

France

Spain

Gabon

Sri Lanka

Gambia

Sweden

Germany

Syrian Arab Republic

Ghana

Tunisia

Greece

Tuvalu

Iceland

United Arab Emirates

India

United Kingdom

Indonesia

Vanuata

Ireland

Venezuela

Italy

Yugoslavia (Federal Republic of Serbia and Montenegro)

Japan

Kuwait

Liberia

PART IV

Bahamas

Netherlands

Cyprus

Norway

Denmark

Poland

Finland

Portugal

France

Russian Federation

Germany

Spain

India

Sweden

Ireland

United Kingdom

Italy

Vanuata

Liberia

Venezuela

Malta

PART V

Anguilla,

Gilbraltar,

Bailiwick of Guernsey,

Hong Kong,

Bailiwick of Jersey,

Isle of Man,

Bermuda,

Montserrat,

British Indian Ocean Territory,

Pitcairn,

British Virgin Islands,

St. Helena and Dependencies,

Cayman Islands,

Turks and Caicos Islands,

Falkland Islands,

United Kingdom Sovereign Base

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands,

Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia in the Island of Cyprus

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 11th day of December, 1992.

MICHAEL WOODS,

Minister for the Marine.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order, made under

section 4

of the

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

, declares the countries which have accepted the Liability Convention or the Fund Convention or the Protocols thereto and the territories to which the said Conventions and Protocols extend.

S.I. No. 404 of 1992.

OIL POLLUTION OF THE SEA, (CIVIL LIABILITY AND COMPENSATION) (CONVENTION COUNTRIES) ORDER, 1992.

I, MICHAEL WOODS, Minister for the Marine, being satisfied that the states specified in Part I of the Schedule to the following Order have accepted the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, 1969, done at Brussels on the 29th day of November, 1969, (hereinafter referred to as "the Liability Convention"), which was ratified by the State on the 19th day of November, 1992, the states specified in Part II of the said Schedule have accepted the Protocol to the Liability Convention, done at London on the 19th day of November, 1976, which was acceded to by the State on the 19th day of November, 1992, and which amends the Liability Convention, the states specified in Part III of the said Schedule have accepted the International Convention for Oil Pollution Damage, 1971, done at Brussels on the 18th day of December, 1971, (hereinafter referred to as "the Fund Convention"), which was ratified by the State on the 19th day of November, 1992, and the states specified in Part IV of the said Schedule have accepted the Protocol to the Fund Convention, done at London on the 19th day of November, 1976, which was acceded to by the State on the 19th day of November, 1992, and which amends the Fund Convention, and being satisfied that the Liability Convention and Fund Convention, as so amended, extend to the territories specified in Part V of the said Schedule, hereby, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 4

of the

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

(No. 11 of 1988 ), order as follows