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Sea Pollution (Hazardous Substances)(Compensation) Act 2005 (No. 9 of 2005).

Country/Territory
Ireland
Document type
Legislation
Date
2005 (2021)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Act to give effect to the International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in Connection with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea, 1996, done at London on the 3rd day of May, 1996; to give effect to the Protocol of 1996 to amend the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims, 1976, done at London on the 2nd day of May, 1996, and for that purpose to amend the Merchant Shipping (Liability of Shipowners And Others) Act 1996; to amend the Oil Pollution of the Sea (Civil Liability and Compensation) Act 1988; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Subject
Environment gen., Sea
Keyword
Marine pollution Pollution control Oil pollution Special fund Offences/penalties
Geographical area
Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Abstract

This Act provides for various matters of miscellaneous character so as to implement the International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in Connection with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea, 1996 and the Protocol of 1996 to amend the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims, 1976. The Act contains provisions, among other things, relative to ship insurance certificates and the Hazardous and Noxious Substances Fund.

Full text
English
Website
www.oireachtas.ie

References - Legislation

Amends

Oil Pollution of the Sea (Civil Liability and Compensation) Act, 1988.

Legislation | Ireland | 1988

Keyword: Marine pollution, Oil pollution, Effluent waste water/discharge, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Inspection, Liability/compensation

Source: FAO, FAOLEX