# Merchant Shipping (Salvage and Pollution) Act 1994 (repealed 1.1.1996), Section 6: Extension of strict liability for oil pollution by ships.

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) The Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) Act 1971 shall be amended as provided in Schedule 3 (amendments imposing on other ships liability for oil pollution corresponding to that imposed on tankers).
(2) In Part I of that Schedule “the 1971 Act” means the Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) Act 1971 without the amendments made by Part I of Schedule 4 to the Merchant Shipping Act 1988.
(3) In Part II of that Schedule “the 1971 Act” means the Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) Act 1971 as amended by Part I of Schedule 4 to the Merchant Shipping Act 1988 (“the 1988 Act”) and section 5 of this Act.
(4) Where the amendments of the 1971 Act made by Part II of Schedule 3 to this Act come into force after the 1971 Act has been amended by Part I of the said Schedule 3, Parts I and II of that Schedule shall have effect with the modifications specified in Part III of that Schedule.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/28/section/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-salvage-and-pollution-act-1994-repealed-111996/section-6
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