# The Rules of the Supreme Court (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) 2007, Article 10: Amendments to the Rules of the Supreme Court (Northern Ireland) 1980


In Order 75—
(a) in rule 1(2) in the definition of “limitation action” for “the Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 to 1974” substitute “the Merchant Shipping Act 1995”;
(b) in rule 2—
(i) in paragraph (1)(a)(iii) for “collision regulations” substitute “safety regulations”;
(ii) in paragraph (1)(c)—
(aa) for “section 1 of the Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) Act 1971” substitute “section 153 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995”; and
(bb) for “section 4 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1974” substitute “section 175 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995”; and
(iii) for paragraph (2) substitute—
“In this rule “safety regulations” means regulations under section 85 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995.”;
(c) for rule 2A substitute—
“Proceedings against, or concerning, the International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund 1992 and the International Oil Pollution Compensation Supplementary Fund 2003
2A. (1) In this rule—
a section referred to by number means the section so numbered in the Merchant Shipping Act 1995;
“the Fund” means the International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund 1992; and
“the Supplementary Fund” means the International Oil Pollution Compensation Supplementary Fund 2003.
(2) All proceedings against the Fund under section 175, or the Supplementary Fund under section 176A, shall be commenced in the Central Office.
(3) For the purposes of section 177, any party to proceedings brought against an owner or guarantor in respect of liability under section 153 may give notice to the Fund of such proceedings by serving a notice in writing on the Fund together with a copy of the writ and copies of the pleadings (if any) served in the action.
(4) The Court shall, on the application made ex parte by the Fund or by the Supplementary Fund, grant it leave to intervene in any proceedings to which the preceding paragraph applies, whether notice of such proceedings has been served on it or not, and paragraphs (3) and (4) of rule 17 shall apply to such an application.
(5) Where judgment is given against the Fund in any proceedings under section 175, or against the Supplementary Fund in any proceedings under section 176A, the Registrar shall cause a stamped copy of the judgment to be sent to it.
(6) The Registrar shall be notified—
(a) by the Fund of the matters set out in section 176(3)(b); or
(b) by the Supplementary Fund of the matters set out in section 176B(2)(b),
by a notice in writing, sent by post to, or delivered at, the Central Office.”;
(d) in rule 5(8) for “section 1 of the Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) Act 1971” substitute “sections 153 to 154 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995” and for “section 13(2)” substitute “section 166(2) and (3)”;
(e) in rule 32(3) for “section 556 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894” substitute “section 229 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995”; and
(f) in rule 38(5) for “section 504 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894” substitute “sections 183 to 189 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2007/189/article/10 (the official version)
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