Exceptions from liability under sections 153, 153A and 1547
1
Section 155 (exceptions from liability under sections 153 and 154) is amended as follows.
2
In the heading, after “153”, there is inserted “, 153A”.
3
For the words from “No” to “contamination” (in the second place it appears) there is substituted—
1
No liability shall be incurred by a person (“the defendant”) under section 153, 153A or 154 by reason of a discharge or escape of oil or bunker oil from a ship, or of a relevant threat of contamination, if the defendant proves that subsection (2) applies.
2
This subsection applies if the discharge or escape or the relevant threat of contamination (as the case may be) —
4
In paragraph (b), for “owner”, there is substituted “defendant”.