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PROTECTION OF THE SEA (CIVIL LIABILITY FOR BUNKER OIL POLLUTION DAMAGE) ACT 2008 - SECT 11

Liability for pollution damage

    So far as this Part applies, Articles 3, 5 and 6, paragraph   10 of Article 7, and Article 8, of the Bunker Oil Convention have the force of law as part of the law of the Commonwealth.

Note 1:   Those provisions of the Bunker Oil Convention deal with the liability of shipowners for pollution damage and the making of claims against insurers or persons providing financial security for ships.

Note 2:   The Admiralty Act 1988 deals with the conferral of jurisdiction on courts to hear and determine claims under the applied provisions.



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