International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund (Parties to Convention) Order 1980

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 1980/867
Year1980

1980 No. 867

MERCHANT SHIPPING

The International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund (Parties to Convention) Order 1980

24thJune 1980

2ndJuly 1980

1stAugust 1980

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 24th day of June 1980

Present,

The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by section 1(2) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1974(a) and of all other powers enabling Her in that behalf, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows—

1. This Order may be cited as the International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund (Parties to Convention) Order 1980 and shall come into operation on 1st August 1980.

2. In this Order "the Fund Convention" means the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage opened for signature in Brussels on 18th December 1971(b).

3. It is hereby declared that, in relation to a State specified in the first column of the Schedule to this Order, that State is a party to the Fund Convention in respect of the country specified opposite thereto in the second column of the Schedule with effect from the date of entry into force of the Convention for that State as specified in the third column of the Schedule.

N. E. Leigh, Clerk of the Privy Council.

(a) 1974 c. 43.

(b) Cmnd. 7383.

SCHEDULE

STATES WHICH ARE PARTIES TO THE FUND CONVENTION AND COUNTRIES IN RESPECT OF WHICH THE FUND CONVENTION IS IN FORCE

 State Country Date of Entry into
                 Force of Convention
                The United King dom of Great Britain and Northern
                 Great Britain and Northern Ireland 16th October 1978
                 Ireland The Bailiwick of Guernsey 16th October 1978
                 The Bailiwick of Jersey 16th October 1978
                 The Isle of Man 16th October 1978
                 Belize 16th October 1978
                 Bermuda 16th October 1978
                 British Indian Ocean Territory 16th October 1978
                 British Virgin Islands 16th October 1978
                 Cayman Islands 16th October 1978
                 Falkland Islands and Depen-
                 dencies 16th October 1978
                 Gibraltar 16th October 1978
                 Hong Kong 16th October 1978
                 Montserrat 16th October 1978
                 Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie
                 and Oeno Islands 16th October 1978
                 Saint Helena and Depen-
                 dencies 16th October 1978
                 Sovereign Base Areas of Akro-
                 tiri and Dhekekia 16th October 1978
                 Turks and Caicos Islands 16th October 1978
                The Democratic and Popular Algeria 16th October 1978
                 Republic of Algeria
                The Commonwealth of the The Bahamas 16th Ocotber 1978
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