1994 No. 1988 (C.37)
MERCHANT SHIPPING

The Merchant Shipping (Salvage and Pollution) Act 1994 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1994

Made
The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 10(4) of the Merchant Shipping (Salvage and Pollution) Act 19941, hereby makes the following Order:

1.

This Order may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Salvage and Pollution) Act 1994 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1994.

2.

The provisions of the Merchant Shipping (Salvage and Pollution) Act 1994 specified in the first column of Schedule 1 to this Order (which relate to the matters specified in the second column of that Schedule) shall come into force on 28th July 1994.

3.

The provisions of the Merchant Shipping (Salvage and Pollution) Act 1994 specified in the first column of Schedule 2 to this Order (which relate to the matters specified in the second column of that Schedule) shall come into force on 1st October 1994.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Goschen
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Transport

SCHEDULE 1Provisions coming into force on 28th July 1994

Article 2

Provisions of Merchant Shipping (Salvage and Pollution) Act 1994

Subject matter of provisions

Section 3

Amendments as to powers of implementation

Section 9

Expenses

Section 10, subsections (1), (2), (4) and (5)

Short title, citation, construction, commencement and extent

SCHEDULE 2Provisions coming into force on 1st October 1994

Article 3

Provisions of Merchant Shipping (Salvage and Pollution) Act 1994

Subject matter of provisions

Section 6, subsection (1), so far as it relates to Part I of Schedule 3, and (2)

Extension of strict liability for oil pollution by ships

Section 7

Extension of rights of Fund by subrogation

Section 8

Functions of Secretary of State in relation to marine pollution

Section 10, subsection (3), to the extent that it relates to the repeals in Schedule 4 specified below

Repeals

Schedule 3, Part I

Extension of strict liability for oil pollution by ships

In Schedule 4, the repeals in:

Repeals

Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) Act 19712
Prevention of Oil Pollution Act 19713
Merchant Shipping Act 19744
(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force provisions of the Merchant Shipping (Salvage and Pollution) Act 1994 as follows—

(a)

on 28th July 1994, amendments to section 20 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1994 (powers of implementation of international agreements relating to marine pollution), and ancillary provisions; and

(b)

on 1st October 1994, amendments to the Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) Act 1971 and the Merchant Shipping Act 1974, in connection with liability and compensation for oil pollution, and provisions concerning the functions of the Secretary of State in relation to oil pollution.