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The Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) (Bermuda) Order 1997

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Meaning of the “Liability Convention”and related expressions.

172.—(1) In this Chapter—

(a)“the Liability Convention” has the same meaning as in Chapter III of this Part;

(b)“the Fund Convention” means the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage 1992;

(c)“the Fund” means the International Fund established by the Fund Convention; and

(d)“Fund Convention country” means a country in respect of which the Fund Convention is in force, and includes the United Kingdom and any relevant British possession to which the Fund Convention has been extended.

(2) If Her Majesty by Order in Council declares that any State specified in the Order is a party to the Fund Convention in respect of any country so specified, the Order shall, while in force, be conclusive evidence that that State is a party to that Convention in respect of that country.

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