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Protection of the Sea (Civil Liability) Act 1981
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C2024C00459 (C21)
14 October 2024
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Part I—Preliminary
1 Short title
2 Commencement
3 Interpretation
4 Act binds the Crown
5 Operation of Act
6 Declaration of countries to which Civil Liability Convention applies
6A Application of the Criminal Code
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Part II—Liability and limitation of liability under Convention
7 Application of this Part
8 Certain provisions of Convention to have the force of law
9 Claims for compensation
10 Applications to determine limit of liability
11 Transfer of proceedings
12 Regulations giving effect to applied provisions of Convention etc.
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Part III—Insurance certificates relating to liability for pollution damage
13 Interpretation
14 Application
15 Insurance certificates to be carried on certain ships
16 Issue of insurance certificates
17 Extension, cancellation and lapsing of insurance certificates
18 Government ships
19 Review of decisions
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Part IIIA—Proof of possession of adequate insurance cover by certain ships
19A Definitions
19B Application
19C Insurance certificates to be carried on ships to which Part applies
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Part IV—Recovery of expenses of Authority under the Protection of the Sea (Powers of Intervention) Act 1981
20 Expenses etc. incurred by Authority debt due to Commonwealth
21 Expenses etc. incurred by Authority charge on ship
22 Detention of ships
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Part IVA—Recovery of loss etc. incurred by the Authority because of discharges or threatened discharges from ships
22A Recovery of loss etc. by the Authority
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Part V—Miscellaneous
23 Prosecution of offences against subsections 15(1), (2) and (3) and 22(3)
24 No time limit for prosecution
25 Regulations to give effect to Article X of Convention
26 Delegation
27 Regulations
Schedule 1—International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage
Schedule 2—Protocol of 1992 to amend the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, 1969
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Schedule 3—Resolution LEG.1(82)
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Endnotes
Endnote 1—About the endnotes
Endnote 2—Abbreviation key
Endnote 3—Legislation history
Endnote 4—Amendment history