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The Merchant Shipping (Liability and Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage) (Transitional Provisions) (Revocation) Order 1997

S.I. 1997/2566 · Made 30 October 1997

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MERCHANT SHIPPING

Made 30th October 1997

Laid before Parliament 11th November 1997

Coming into force 16th May 1998

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 30th day of October 1997

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by sections 171(2) and 182(2) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995f1 and of all other powers enabling Her in that behalf, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

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Footnotes

f1

1995 c. 21.

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1

This Order may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Liability and Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage) (Transitional Provisions) (Revocation) Order 1997, and shall come into force on 16th May 1998.

2

The Merchant Shipping (Liability and Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage) (Transitional Provisions) Order 1996f1 is hereby revoked.

Signature

N. H. Nicholls

Clerk of the Privy Council

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order revokes the Merchant Shipping (Liability and Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage) (Transitional Provisions) Order 1996, consequentially on the United Kingdom ceasing to be a party to the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage 1969 (and thus being a party solely to the 1992 Convention of the same title).