The Merchant Shipping (Liability and Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage) (Transitional Provisions) Order 1996
This Order makes transitional provision for the period following entry into force of the 1992 Protocols to the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, 1969 (CLC), and the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage, 1971. This is one of two orders made to implement the 1992 Protocols in the UK. The Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (Appointed Day No.1) Order 1996 brings into force the provisions of the 1995 Act which implement the 1992 CLC and the 1992 Fund Convention (Chapters III and IV of Part VI of the Act respectively) on 30 May 1996. This Order provides that the equivalent Chapters in Schedule 4 to the 1995 Act (which otherwise cease to have effect following that Appointed Day Order) continue to have effect for transitional purposes.