{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-oil-pollution-seychelles-order-1975/schedule-2/paragraph-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-oil-pollution-seychelles-order-1975/schedule-2/paragraph-8.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/2/paragraph/8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Subrogation and rights of recourse",
  "text": "(1) In respect of any sum paid under section 4(1)(b) of this Act (default by owner or guarantor on liability for pollution damage) the Fund shall acquire by subrogation the rights of the recipient against the owner or guarantor.\n(2) The right of the Fund under subsection (1) above is subject to any obligation of the Fund under section 5 of this Act to indemnify the owner or guarantor for any part of the liability on which he has defaulted.\n(3) In respect of any sum paid—\n(a) under paragraph (a) or paragraph (c) of section 4(1); or\n(b) under section 5,\nthe Fund shall acquire by subrogation any rights of recourse or subrogation which the owner or guarantor or any other person has in respect of his liability for the damage in question.\n(4) In respect of any sum paid by a public authority in Seychelles as compensation for pollution damage, that authority shall acquire by subrogation any rights which the recipient has against the Fund under this Part of this Act.",
  "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/2/paragraph/8",
    "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."
}