# The Oil Pollution (Compulsory Insurance) Regulations 1997, Regulation 4: Cancellation and delivery up of certificates


(1) Where, at any time while a certificate under section 164 of the Act is in force, the person to whom the certificate has been issued ceases to be the owner of the ship to which the certificate relates, he shall forthwith deliver up the certificate to the Secretary of State or to a proper officer and in such a case the certificate shall be cancelled by the Secretary of State.
(2) Where, at any time while a certificate under the said section 164 is in force, it is established in any legal proceedings that the contract of insurance or other security in respect of which the certificate was issued is or may be treated as invalid, the certificate may be cancelled by the Secretary of State and, if so cancelled, shall on demand forthwith be delivered up to him by the person to whom it was issued.
(3) Where, at any time while a certificate under the said section 164 is in force, circumstances arise in relation to the insurer or guarantor named in the certificate (or, where more than one is so named, to any of them) such that, if the certificate were applied for at that time, the Secretary of State would be entitled to refuse the application under subsection (2) of that section the certificate may be cancelled by the Secretary of State and, if so cancelled, shall on demand forthwith be delivered up to him by the person to whom it was issued.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1820/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/oil-pollution-compulsory-insurance-regulations-1997/regulation-4
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