The Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) (Turks and Caicos Islands) Order 1997
UK Statutory Instrument 1997 No. 2589 — creates 6 criminal offences.
- Made
- 30 October 1997
- In force from
- 30 November 1997
- Extent
- Not stated
- Subject
- Health and safety, environment, waste and fisheries
- Made under
- Her by section 315(2) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
The International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage 1969 (CLC), which was extended to the Turks and Caicos Islands by the Schedule 1 to the Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) (Turks and Caicos Islands) Order 1976, provides uniform rules and procedures for determining questions of liability and for awarding compensation when damage is caused by pollution resulting from the escape or discharge of oil from ships. The International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage 1971 (the Fund Convention) which was extended to the Islands by Schedule 2 to the 1976 Order, set up an international fund to provide a supplementary system for compensation and indemnification for such damage. The 1992 Protocol to the CLC, and the 1992 Protocol to the Fund Convention respectively create a new 1992 Civil Liability Convention and a 1992 Fund Convention, which together provide for higher levels of compensation and more extensive liability. The 1992 Protocols are given effect in the United Kingdom by Part VI, Chapters III and IV of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995. This Order extends those provisions of the 1995 Act to the Turks and Caicos Islands, with the necessary exceptions, adaptations and modifications.
Offences created by this instrument
- Compulsory insurance against liability for pollution paragraph 163(5) of SCHEDULE TO THE ORDER · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Compulsory insurance against liability for pollution paragraph 163(6) of SCHEDULE TO THE ORDER · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Issue of certificate by Minister paragraph 164(4) of SCHEDULE TO THE ORDER · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Contributions by importers of oil and others paragraph 173(9) of SCHEDULE TO THE ORDER · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Contributions by importers of oil and others paragraph 173(9)(b) of SCHEDULE TO THE ORDER · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Power to obtain information paragraph 174(5) of SCHEDULE TO THE ORDER · Status not determined · Strict liability
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