{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-oil-pollutionpitcairn-order-1997/schedule-1/paragraph-179",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-oil-pollutionpitcairn-order-1997/schedule-1/paragraph-179.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/179",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "179",
  "heading": "Subrogation.",
  "text": "(1) In respect of any sum paid by the Fund as compensation for pollution damage the Fund shall acquire by subrogation any rights in respect of the damage which the recipient has (or but for the payment would have) against any other person.\n(2) In respect of any sum paid by a public authority in Pitcairn as compensation for pollution damage, that authority shall acquire by subrogation any rights which the recipient has against the Fund under this Chapter.",
  "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/179",
    "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."
}