SCHEDULE TO THE ORDERTHE MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT 1995

PART VIPREVENTION OF POLLUTION

CHAPTER IIILIABILITY FOR OIL POLLUTION

Limitation of liability

Extinguishment of claims.162

No action to enforce a claim in respect of a liability incurred under section 153 or 154 shall be entertained by any court in Montserrat 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, or (as the case may be) in the relevant threat of contamination, by reason of which the liability was incurred.