# The Merchant Shipping (Liability and Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage) (Transitional Provisions) Order 1996, Article 3


(1) Notwithstanding the coming into force of Chapters III and IV of Part VI of the Act (and the consequent ceasing to have effect of Schedule 4 and Part II of Schedule 5 to that Act), the provisions mentioned in paragraph (2) below and set out in Schedule 1 to this Order (being transitional provisions) shall have the force of law in the United Kingdom, subject to the modifications in Schedule 2 to this Order, and for this purpose the provisions of Schedule 4 and Part II of Schedule 5 to the Act shall continue to have effect.
(2) The provisions are:
(i) Article XII bis of the 1969 Liability Convention, inserted by Article 9 of the 1992 Liability Protocol;
(ii) Article 36 bis of the 1971 Fund Convention, inserted by Article 26 of the 1992 Fund Protocol.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1143/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-liability-and-compensation-for-oil-pollution-damage-transitional-provisions-order-1996/article-3
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