SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 4 Prevention of Oil Pollution: Transitory Provisions

Chapter III Liability for Oil Pollution

Limitation of liability

162 Extinguishment of claims.

No action to enforce a claim in respect of a liability incurred under section 153 or 154 shall be entertained by any court in the United Kingdom unless the action is commenced not later than three years after the claim arose nor later than six years after the occurrence or first of the occurrences resulting in the discharge or escape by reason of which the liability was incurred.