Oil Pollution of the Sea (Civil Liability and Compensation)(Amendment) Bill 1998

Public bill · Government · Presented

Updates Ireland’s oil-spill compensation rules to implement two 1992 international agreements. It broadens the definition of pollution damage, raises shipowners’ liability limits and the compensation available from the International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund, while protecting crew, salvors and others from liability except in cases of deliberate or reckless wrongdoing.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to give effect to the Protocol of 1992 to amend the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, 1969, done at London on the 27th day of November 1992, and the Protocol of 1992 to amend the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage, 1971, done at London on the 27th day of November 1992, and for that purpose to amend the Oil Pollution of the Sea (Civil Liability and Compensation) Act, 1988

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