S.I. No. 120/2008 - Sea Pollution (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006 (Part 2) (Commencement) Order 2008

1. This Order may be cited as the

Sea Pollution (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006

(Part 2) (Commencement) Order 2008.

2. The 21st day of November, 2008 is appointed as the day on which Part 2 of the

Sea Pollution (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006

(No. 29 of 2006) comes into operation.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

26 April 2008

NOEL DEMPSEY

Minister for Transport

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

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

This order provides for the commencement of Part 2 of the

Sea Pollution (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006

.

The

Sea Pollution (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006

amends the Sea Pollution Acts 1991 to 1999 to give effect to a number of instruments which have been agreed at the International Maritime Organization relating to the protection of the marine environment.

Part 2 of the Act gives effect to the International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage, 2001, (Bunkers Convention).

S.I. No. 120 of 2008

SEA POLLUTION (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 2006 (PART 2) (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER 2008

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

2

nd May

, 2008.

I, NOEL DEMPSEY, Minister for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 1(2) of the

Sea Pollution (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006

(No. 29 of 2006), hereby order as follows