OIL POLLUTION (LIABILITY AND COMPENSATION) ACT

OIL POLLUTION (LIABILITY AND COMPENSATION)

CHAPTER 351

OIL POLLUTION (LIABILITY AND

COMPENSATION) ACT

To provide for Malta’s accession to the 1969 International Convention

on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage and the 1971 International

Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for

Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage, and for the implementation of the

provisions of these Conventions.

(9th September, 1991)

(26th December, 1991) *

Enacted by ACT XV of 1991 as amended by Act XXIV of 1995 .

Repealed by Act XX of 1999, but without prejudice to any

obligation to make a contribution under Article 10 of the Fund

Convention, referred to in this Act, in respect of an incident

referred to in Article 12, paragraph 2(b) of the said Convention,

and occurring before the coming into force of the said Act XX of

1999. *See article 1(2) of the Act as originally enacted, which subarticle has been omitted

under the Statute Law Revision Act, 1980, and Legal Notices 135 and 189 of 1991.