Prevention of Oil Pollution Act 1971

29 Interpretation.U.K.

(1)In this Act—

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  • “harbour authority” and “harbour in the United Kingdom” have the meanings assigned to them by section 8(2) of this Act;

  • “harbour master” includes a dock master or pier master, and any person specially appointed by a harbour authority for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this Act in relation to the harbour;

  • “local enactment” means a local or private Act, or an order confirmed by Parliament or brought into operation in accordance with special parliamentary procedure;

  • “oil” means oil of any description and includes spirit produced from oil of any description, and also includes coal tar;

  • “oil reception facilities” has the meaning assigned to it by section 9(1) of this Act;

  • “oil residues” means any waste consisting of, or arising from, oil or a mixture containing oil;

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  • “petroleum-spirit” has the same meaning as in the M1Petroleum (Consolidation) Act 1928;

  • “place on land” has the meaning assigned to it by section 2(3) of this Act;

  • “sea” includes any estuary or arm of the sea;

  • “transfer”, in relation to oil, means transfer in bulk.

[F2(2)Any reference in any provision of this Act to a mixture containing oil shall be construed as a reference to any mixture of oil (or, as the case may be, of oil of a description referred to in that provision) with water or with any other substance.]

(3)Any reference in the provisions of this Act other than section 11 to the discharge of oil or a mixture containing oil, or to its being discharged, from a vessel, place or thing, except where the reference is to its being discharged for a specified purpose, includes a reference to the escape of the oil or mixture, or (as the case may be) to its escaping, from that vessel, place or thing.

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(7)Except in so far as the context otherwise requires, any reference in this Act to an enactment shall be construed as a reference to that enactment as amended by or under any other enactment.

Textual Amendments

F1In s. 29(1) definitions of “barge” and “outside the territorial waters of the United Kingdom” repealed (1.1.1996) by 1995 c. 21, ss. 314(1), 316(2), Sch. 12 (with s. 312(1), Sch. 14 para. 1)

F2S. 29(2) repealed for certain purposes (1.1.1996) by 1995 c. 21, ss. 314(1), 316(2), Sch. 12 Note (with s. 312(1), Sch. 14 para. 1)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

Marginal Citations