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Oil Pollution (Liability and Compensation) Act (Cap. 351) Consolidated

OIL POLLUTION (LIABILITY AND COMPENSATION) [ CAP. 351. 1

CHAPTER 351

OIL POLLUTION (LIABILITY AND COMPENSATION) ACT

To provide for Malta’s accession to the 1969 International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage and the 1971 International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage, and for the implementation of the provisions of these Conventions.

(9th September, 1991) (26th December, 1991)*

Enacted by ACT XV of 1991 as amended by Act XXIV of 1995.

R e p e a l e d b y A c t X X o f 1 9 9 9 , b u t w i t h o u t p re j u d i c e t o a n y obligation to make a contribution under A rticle 10 of the F und C o n v e n t i o n , re f e r re d t o i n t h i s A c t , i n re s p e c t o f a n i n c i d e n t referred to in Article 12, paragraph 2(b) of the said Convention, and occurring before the coming into force of the said Act XX of
1999.

*See article 1(2) of the Act as originally enacted, which subarticle has been omitted under the Statute Law Revision Act, 1980, and Legal Notices 135 and 189 of 1991.