# The Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution)(Pitcairn) Order 1997, Paragraph 162: Extinguishment of claims.


No action to enforce a claim in respect of a liability incurred under section 153 or 154 shall be entertained by any court in Pitcairn unless the action is commenced not later than three years after the claim arose nor later than six years after the occurrence or first of the occurrences resulting in the discharge or escape, or (as the case may be) in the relevant threat of contamination, by reason of which the liability was incurred.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/2585/schedule/1/paragraph/162 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-oil-pollutionpitcairn-order-1997/schedule-1/paragraph-162
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