Oil Pollution of the Sea (Civil Liability and Compensation) (Amendment) Bill 2003
Public bill · Government · Presented
The measure would increase the maximum compensation available to people and businesses affected by spills of persistent oil from tankers, reflecting an international agreement to raise the compensation fund’s limit by about 50% from 1 November 2003. It would update Ireland’s existing oil-pollution laws to raise both the tanker owner’s liability limit and the international fund’s contribution, without expected extra costs or staffing needs for the State.
Formal long title
Bill entitled an Act to give effect to the amendment of the limitation amounts in the protocol of 1992 to amend the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage 1969, done at London on 27 November 1992, and the amendment of the limits of compensation in 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 27 November 1992 to give effect to the protocol of 2003 to the International Convention on the establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for oil pollution damage 1992, done at London on 16 May 2003, and for those purposes to amend the Oil Pollution of the Sea (Civil Liability and Compensation) Acts 1988 to 1998, and to provide for connected matters
Last updated 16 April 2018
- Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources Primary
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