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S.I. No. 403/2000 - Oil Pollution of the Sea (Civil Liability and Compensation) (Convention Countries) Order, 2000
Statutory Text (3 Articles)
1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Oil Pollution of the Sea (Civil Liability and Compensation) (Convention Countries) Order, 2000.
(2) This Order shall come into operation on the
11th
day of
October 2000
.
2. It is hereby declared that -
(a) each of the states specified in Part I of the Schedule to this Order has accepted the Liability Convention,
(b) each of the states specified in Part II of that Schedule has accepted the Fund Convention.
SCHEDULE
Part I
States that have accepted the Liability Convention
Algeria
France
New Zealand
Australia
Germany
Norway
Bahamas
Greece
Oman
Bahrain
Grenada
Panama
Barbados
Iceland
Philippines
Belgium
Italy
Republic of Korea
Belize
Jamaica
Seychelles
Canada
Japan
Singapore
China (Hong Kong Special
Latvia
Spain
Administrative Region)
Liberia
Sri Lanka
Croatia
Marshall Islands
Sweden
Cyprus
Mexico
Switzerland
Denmark
Monaco
Tunisia
Dominican Republic
Netherlands
United Arab Emirates
Egypt
United Kingdom
Finland
Uruguay
Vanuatu
Venezuela
Part II
States that have accepted the Fund Convention
Algeria
France
New Zealand
Australia
Germany
Norway
Bahamas
Greece
Oman
Bahrain
Grenada
Panama
Barbados
Iceland
Philippines
Belgium
Italy
Republic of Korea
Belize
Jamaica
Seychelles
Canada
Japan
Singapore
China (Hong Kong Special
Latvia
Spain
Administrative Region)
Liberia
Sri Lanka
Croatia
Marshall Islands
Sweden
Cyprus
Mexico
Tunisia
Denmark
Monaco
United Arab Emirates
Dominican Republic
Netherlands
United Kingdom
Finland
Uruguay
Vanuatu
Venezuela
GIVEN under my Official Seal,
this
10th
day of
October 2000.
Frank Fahey
Minister for the Marine and Natural Resources
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation).
This Order, made under
section 4
of the
Oil Pollution of the Sea (Civil Liability and Compensation) Act, 1988
, declares the states which have accepted the Liability Convention and those which have accepted the Fund Convention.
I, Frank Fahey, Minister for the Marine and Natural Resources, 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) (as amended by the
Oil Pollution of the Sea (Civil Liability and Compensation) (Amendment) Act, 1998
(No. 13 of 1998), and as adapted by the Marine (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1997 (
S.I. No. 301 of 1997
)), hereby order as follows