S.I. No. 403 of 2000.

Oil Pollution OF The Sea (Civil Liability And Compensation) (Convention Countries) Order, 2000

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:

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

Part II

States that have accepted the Fund Convention

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.