# The Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) (Virgin Islands) Order 1997, Paragraph 168: Limitation of liability under section 154.


For the purposes of section 17 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1979 as extended to the Virgin Islands any liability incurred under section 154 shall be deemed to be a liability to damages in respect of such damage to property as is mentioned in paragraph 1(a) of Article 2 of the Convention Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims 1976.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/2590/schedule/1/paragraph/168 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-oil-pollution-virgin-islands-order-1997/schedule-1/paragraph-168
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