{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-oil-pollution-act-1971-repealed-111996/section-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-oil-pollution-act-1971-repealed-111996/section-3.json",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  "legislation_title": "Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) Act 1971 (repealed 1.1.1996)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-oil-pollution-act-1971-repealed-111996",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/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Restriction of liability for oil pollution.",
  "text": "Where, as a result of any occurrence taking place while a ship is carrying a cargo of persistent oil in bulk, any persistent oil carried by the ship is discharged or escapes then, whether or not the owner incurs a liability under section 1 of this Act,—\n(a) he shall not be liable otherwise than under that section for any such damage or cost as is mentioned therein; and\n(b) no servant or agent of the owner nor any person performing salvage operations with the agreement of the owner shall be liable for any such damage or cost.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1971/59/section/3",
    "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."
}