{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-oil-pollution-bermuda-order-1997/schedule-1/paragraph-163",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-oil-pollution-bermuda-order-1997/schedule-1/paragraph-163.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/2581",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) (Bermuda) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-oil-pollution-bermuda-order-1997",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/163",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "163",
  "heading": "Compulsory insurance against liability for pollution.",
  "text": "(1) Subject to the provisions of this Chapter relating to Government ships, subsection (2) below shall apply to any ship carrying in bulk a cargo of more than 2,000 tons of oil of a description specified in regulations made by the Minister.\n(2) The ship shall not enter or leave a port in Bermuda or arrive at or leave a terminal in the territorial sea of Bermuda nor, if the ship is registered in Bermuda, a port in any other country or a terminal in the territorial sea of any other country, unless there is in force a certificate complying with the provisions of subsection (3) below and showing that there is in force in respect of the ship a contract of insurance or other security satisfying the requirements of Article VII of the Liability Convention (cover for owner’s liability).\n(3) The certificate must be—\n(a) if the ship is registered in Bermuda, a certificate issued by the Minister;\n(b) if the ship is registered in a Liability Convention country other than Bermuda, a certificate issued by or under the authority of the government of the other Liability Convention country; and\n(c) if the ship is registered in a country which is not a Liability Convention country, a certificate issued by the Minister or by or under the authority of the government of any Liability Convention country other than Bermuda.\n(4) Any certificate required by this section to be in force in respect of a ship shall be carried in the ship and shall, on demand, be produced by the master to any officer of customs, the Director of Marine and Ports Services or any officer of the Department of Marine and Ports Services authorised by him.\n(5) If a ship enters or leaves, or attempts to enter or leave, a port or arrives at or leaves, or attempts to arrive at or leave, a terminal in contravention of subsection (2) above, the master or owner shall be liable on conviction on indictment to a fine, or on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $75,000.\n(6) If a ship fails to carry, or the master of a ship fails to produce, a certificate as required by subsection (4) above, the master shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.\n(7) If a ship attempts to leave a port in Bermuda in contravention of this section the ship may be detained.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/2581/schedule/1/paragraph/163",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:46:15.942809+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."
}