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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1995/section-172",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1995/section-172.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1995/21",
  "legislation_title": "Merchant Shipping Act 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1995",
  "path": "section/172",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "172",
  "heading": "Meaning of the “Liability Convention”, “the Fund Convention” and related expressions.",
  "text": "(1) In this Chapter—\n(a) “the Liability Convention” has the same meaning as in Chapter III of this Part;\n(b) “the Fund Convention” means the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage 1992;\n(c) “the Fund” means the International Fund established by the Fund Convention; ...\n(d) “Fund Convention country” means a country in respect of which the Fund Convention is in force.\n(e) “the Supplementary Fund Protocol” means the Protocol of 2003 to the Fund Convention;\n(f) “the Supplementary Fund” means the International Supplementary Fund established by the Supplementary Fund Protocol; and\n(g) “Supplementary Fund Protocol country” means a country in respect of which the Supplementary Fund Protocol is in force.\n(2) If Her Majesty by Order in Council declares that any State specified in the Order is a party to the Fund Convention in respect of any country so specified, the Order shall, while in force, be conclusive evidence that that State is a party to that Convention in respect of that country.\n(3) Subsection (2) applies in relation to the Supplementary Fund Protocol as it applies in relation to the Fund Convention.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in s. 172(1)(c) repealed (8.9.2006) by The Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) (Supplementary Fund Protocol) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1265), arts. 1(2), 3(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 172(1)(e)-(g) inserted (8.9.2006) by The Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) (Supplementary Fund Protocol) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1265), arts. 1(2), 3(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 172(3) inserted (8.9.2006) by The Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) (Supplementary Fund Protocol) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1265), arts. 1(2), 3(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 172 extended (with modifications) to Anguilla (30.11.1997) by S.I. 1997/2580, art. 2, Sch.S. 172 extended (with modifications) to Bermuda (30.11.1997) by S.I. 1997/2581, art. 2, Sch.S. 172 extended (with modifications) to the British Antarctic Territory (30.11.1997) by S.I. 1997/2582, art. 2, Sch.S. 172 extended (with modifications) to the British Indian Ocean Territory (30.11.1997) by S.I. 1997/2583, art. 2, Sch.S. 172 extended (with modifications) to the Falkland Islands (30.11.1997) by S.I. 1997/2584, art. 2, Sch.S. 172 extended (with modifications) to the Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oneo Islands (30.11.1997) by S.I. 1997/2585, arts. 2, 3, Sch.S. 172 extended (with modifications) to the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (30.11.1997) by S.I. 1997/2587, art. 2, Sch.S. 172 extended (with modifications) to South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (30.11.1997) by S.I. 1997/2588, art. 2, Sch.S. 172 extended (with modifications) to the Turks and Caicos Islands (30.11.1997) by S.I. 1997/2589, art. 2, Sch.S. 172 extended (with modifications) to the Virgin Islands (30.11.1997) by S.I. 1997/2590, art. 2, Sch.S. 172 extended (with modifications) to Jersey (1.12.1997) by S.I. 1997/2598, arts. 2, 3, Sch. 1S. 172 extended (with modification) to Guernsey (11.3.1998) by S.I. 1998/260, arts. 2, 3, Sch. 1S. 172 extended (with modifications) to the Cayman Islands (20.5.1998) by S.I. 1998/1261, art. 2, Sch.S. 172 extended (with modifications) to Montserrat (20.5.1998) by S.I. 1998/1262, art. 2, Sch.S. 172 extended (with modifications) to Saint Helena (20.5.1998) by S.I. 1998/1263, art. 2, Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/21/section/172",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:33:07.847944+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}