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No. 59 of 1998Sea Pollution (Amendment) Bill 1998
Public bill · Government · Presented
Requires harbours, offshore oil facilities, oil terminals and, where directed, coastal local authorities to prepare and maintain oil-spill emergency plans. It strengthens reporting duties, inspections, ministerial powers, equipment, training and international assistance, and allows ships suspected of causing pollution to be detained, with tougher penalties for breaches.
Formal long title
Bill entitled an Act to give effect to the International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co-operation, 1990, done at London on the 30th day of November 1990, to amend the Sea Pollution Act, 1991, and to provide for related matters
Last updated 20 November 2019
Sponsor
- Minister for Marine and Natural Resources Primary
Progress
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Debates
- Sea Pollution (Amendment) Bill, 1998: Second Stage. Seanad
- Sea Pollution (Amendment) Bill, 1998: Committee and Remaining Stages. Seanad
- Sea Pollution (Amendment) Bill, 1998: Order for Report Stage. Dáil
- Sea Pollution (Amendment) Bill, 1998: Report and Final Stages. Dáil
- Sea Pollution (Amendment) Bill, 1998: Committee Stage. SELECT COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND THE MARINE
- Sea Pollution (Amendment) Bill, 1998: Order for Second Stage. Dáil
- Sea Pollution (Amendment) Bill, 1998: Second Stage. Dáil
- Sea Pollution (Amendment) Bill, 1998: Referral to Select Committee. Dáil