{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-oil-pollutionpitcairn-order-1997/schedule-1/paragraph-152",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-oil-pollutionpitcairn-order-1997/schedule-1/paragraph-152.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/2585",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution)(Pitcairn) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-oil-pollutionpitcairn-order-1997",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/152",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "152",
  "heading": "Meaning of “the Liability Convention” and related expressions.",
  "text": "(1) In this Chapter—\n“the Liability Convention” means the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage 1992;\n“Liability Convention country” means a country in respect of which the Liability Convention is in force and includes the United Kingdom and any relevant British possession to which the Liability Convention has been extended; and\n“Liability Convention State” means a State which is a party to the Convention.\n(2) If Her Majesty by Order in Council declares that any State specified in the Order is a party to the Liability 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 Liability 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/1997/2585/schedule/1/paragraph/152",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:45:38.955716+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."
}