International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund (Parties to Convention) Order 1983
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1983/415 |
| Year | 1983 |
1983 No. 415
MERCHANT SHIPPING
The International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund (Parties to Convention) Order 198316thMarch 1983
24thMarch 1983
14thApril 1983
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 16th day of March 1983
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 by section 738 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894(b), 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 1983 and shall come into operation on 14th April 1983.
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(c).
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.
4. The International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund (Parties to Convention) Order 1980(d) is revoked.
N. E. Leigh, Clerk of the Privy Council.
(a) 1974 c. 43.
(b) 1894 c. 60.
(c) Cmnd. 7383.
(d) S.I. 1980/867.
SCHEDULE
STATES WHICH ARE PARTIES TO THE FUND CONVENTION AND COUNTRIES IN RESPECT OF WHICH THE FUND CONVENTION IS IN FORCE
Date of Entry into
State Country Force of Convention
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Great Britain and Ireland 16th October 1978
Northern Ireland The Bailiwick of Guernsey 16th October 1978
The Bailiwick of Jersey 16th October 1978
The Isle of Man 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
Dependencies 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
Dependencies 16th October 1978
Sovereign Base Areas of
Akrotiri and Dhekelia 16th October 1978
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