{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-oil-pollution-seychelles-order-1975/schedule-1/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-oil-pollution-seychelles-order-1975/schedule-1/paragraph-3.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/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "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": 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/3",
    "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."
}