{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-oil-pollution-act-1971-repealed-111996/section-19",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-oil-pollution-act-1971-repealed-111996/section-19.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1971/59",
  "legislation_title": "Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) Act 1971 (repealed 1.1.1996)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-oil-pollution-act-1971-repealed-111996",
  "path": "section/19",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "Meaning of “the Convention,” “Convention country” and “Convention State.”",
  "text": "(1) In this Act—\n“the Convention” means the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage signed in Brussels in 1969;\n“the Convention”means the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage 1984;\n“Convention country” means a country in respect of which the Convention is in force; and\n“Convention State” means a State which is a party to the Convention.\n(2) If Her Majesty by Order in Council declares that any State specified in the Order is a party to the Convention in respect of any country so specified the Order shall, while in force, be conclusive evidence that that State is a party to the Convention in respect of that country.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Definition “ “the Convention” means the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage 1984” substituted (prosp.) for definition “ “the Convention”means the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage signed in Brussels in 1969” by Merchant Shipping Act 1988 (c. 12, SIF 111), ss. 34, 58(2), Sch. 4 Pt. I para. 13, (with s. 58(4), Sch. 8 para. 1) (which (prosp.) substitution fell (1.5.1994) by the repeal of 1998 c. 12 s. 34, Sch. 4 by 1993 c. 22, s. 8(4), Sch. 5 Pt.II; S.I. 1993/3137, art. 3(2), Sch.2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1971/59/section/19",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:49:42.602256+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."
}