{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-oil-pollution-seychelles-order-1975/schedule-1/paragraph-19",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-oil-pollution-seychelles-order-1975/schedule-1/paragraph-19.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1975/2172",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) (Seychelles) Order 1975",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-oil-pollution-seychelles-order-1975",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/19",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "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“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 made under this subsection as it applies in the United Kingdom 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": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1975/2172/schedule/1/paragraph/19",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:47:32.460729+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."
}