Exceptions from liability under sections 153, 153A and 154
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7.—(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”.