Merchant Shipping Act 1988 (repealed) (c. 12)

SCHEDULES

Prospective

SCHEDULE 4 U.K. Amendments relating to Liability and Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage

Part II U.K. Amendments of the Merchant Shipping Act 1974

21 In section 8 (subrogation and rights of recourse)—

(a) omit subsection (2); and

(b) for subsection (3) substitute—

“(3) In respect of any sum paid under section 4(1)(a) or (c) of this Act (exclusion or limitation of liability for pollution damage) the Fund shall acquire by subrogation any rights of recourse in respect of the damage in question which the recipient has against any person other than the owner or guarantor.”