Commonwealth Numbered Acts

PROTECTION OF THE SEA (OIL POLLUTION COMPENSATION FUND) ACT 1993

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   1.      Short title  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Interpretation  
   4.      Act to bind Crown  
   5.      Operation of Act  
   6.      Simplified outline  
   7.      Interpretation  
   8.      1971 Fund is a legal person  
   9.      Director is the legal representative of the 1971 Fund  
   10.     Certain provisions of the 1971 Convention to have the force of law  
   11.     Claims for compensation or indemnification  
   12.     1971 Fund may intervene in proceedings under the Protection of the Sea (Civil Liability) Act 1981  
   13.     Regulations to give effect to Article 8 of the 1971 Convention  
   14.     Liability to contribute to the 1971 Fund  
   15.     Amount of contributions  
   16.     When initial contributions are due and payable  
   17.     When annual contributions are due and payable  
   18.     Late payment penalty  
   19.     1971 Fund to be paid amounts equal to amounts of contributions  
   20.     Recovery of contributions and late payment penalty  
   21.     Regulations relating to recovery of contributions etc.  
   22.     Authority to inform 1971 Fund  
   23.     Record-keeping and returns etc.  
   24.     Failure to give information or returns  
   25.     False information or returns  
   26.     Repeal of Chapter 2  
   27.     Simplified outline  
   28.     Interpretation  
   29.     1992 Fund is a legal person  
   30.     Director is the legal representative of the 1992 Fund  
   31.     Certain provisions of the 1992 Convention to have the force of law  
   32.     Claims for compensation  
   33.     1992 Fund may intervene in proceedings under the Protection of the Sea (Civil Liability) Act 1981  
   34.     Regulations to give effect to Article 8 of the 1992 Convention  
   35.     Liability to contribute to the 1992 Fund  
   36.     Amount of contributions  
   37.     When contributions are due and payable  
   38.     Transitional  
   39.     Late payment penalty  
   40.     1992 Fund to be paid amounts equal to amounts of contributions  
   41.     Recovery of contributions and late payment penalty  
   42.     Regulations relating to recovery of contributions etc.  
   43.     Authority to inform 1992 Fund  
   44.     Record-keeping and returns etc.  
   45.     Failure to give information or returns  
   46.     False information or returns  
   47.     Regulations  
           SCHEDULE 1
           SCHEDULE 2
           SCHEDULE 3