S.I. No. 318/1979:

OIL POLLUTION OF THE SEA (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1977 (APPLICATION OF SECTION 2) ORDER, 1979.

OIL POLLUTION OF THE SEA (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1977 (APPLICATION OF SECTION 2) ORDER, 1979.

The Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by Section 5 of the Oil Pollution of the Sea (Amendment) Act, 1977 (No. 15 of 1977), hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Oil Pollution of the Sea (Amendment) Act, 1977 (Application of Section 2) Order, 1979.

2. This Order shall come into operation on the 1st day of December, 1979.

3. Section 2 of the Oil Pollution of the Sea (Amendment) Act, 1977 (No. 15 of 1977), shall apply to ships which are registered in--

( a ) a country, the government of which has been declared by order made under section 19 of the Oil Pollution of the Sea Act, 1956 (No. 25 of 1956), to have accepted the International Convention relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Oil Pollution Casualties, 1969, or any subsequent convention and has not been subsequently declared to have denounced any such convention, or

( b ) a territory to which any such convention has been declared to extend and to which it has not been subsequently declared to have ceased to extend,

when such ships are outside the territorial seas of the State.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, this 18th day of

September, 1979.

SEÁN Ó LOINSIGH,

Taoiseach.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order applies Section 2 of the Oil Pollution of the Sea (Amendment) Act, 1977 to ships registered in a country, which has accepted the International Convention Relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Oil Pollution Casualties, 1969 when such ships are outside the territorial seas of the State.