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Oil Pollution (Liability and Compensation) Act.

Country/Territory
Malta
Document type
Legislation
Date
1999 (2003)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Act to provide for Malta’s accession to the Protocol of 1992 amending the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, 1969 and the Protocol of 1992 amending the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage, 1971, and for the implementation of the provisions of these Protocols.
Subject
Sea, Environment gen.
Keyword
Marine pollution Pollution control Oil pollution Liability/compensation Court/tribunal
Geographical area
Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe
Abstract

The Act provides for the accession of Malta to the Protocols of 1992 which amended the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage and the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage. Where any action is brought in Malta pursuant to the Liability Convention, the competent authority shall be the Civil Court, First Hall (sect. 4). If pollution damage resulting from an incident has been sustained in Malta (including the territorial waters and the exclusive economic zone of malta), action for compensation shall be brought before the Civil Court, according to the Code of Organization and Civil Procedure.

Full text
English
Website
www.legal-malta.com