The Merchant Shipping (Pollution) Act 2006 (c 8) is an Act of the

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. It has three main purposes: to give effect to the

Supplementary Fund Protocol 2003 The term supplementary can refer to: * Supplementary angles * Supplementary Benefit, a former benefit payable in the United Kingdom * Supplementary question A question time in a parliament occurs when members of the parliament ask questions of ...

, to give effect to Annex IV of the

MARPOL The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 as modified by the Protocol of 1978, or "MARPOL 73/78" is one of the most important international marine environmental conventions. MARPOL 73/78, MARPOL is an amalg ...

Convention, and to amend section 178(1) of the

Merchant Shipping Act 1995 The Merchant Shipping Act 1995 is an Act of Parliament passed in the United Kingdom in 1995. It consolidated much of the UK's maritime legislation, repealing several Acts in their entirety and provisions in many more, some dating back to the mi ...

Supplementary Fund Protocol

Section 1 of the Act allows the government to enact provisions giving effect to the 2003 Protocol by affirmative

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. The protocol, drawn up under the auspices of the

International Maritime Organization The International Maritime Organization (IMO, French: ''Organisation maritime internationale'') is a specialised agency of the United Nations responsible for regulating shipping. The IMO was established following agreement at a UN conference ...

establishes an international fund which will pay out up to $1 billion in

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special drawing rights Special drawing rights (SDRs, code ) are supplementary foreign exchange reserve assets defined and maintained by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). SDRs are units of account for the IMF, and not a currency ''per se''. They represent a claim ...

in cases of

oil slick An oil spill is the release of a liquid petroleum hydrocarbon into the environment, especially the marine ecosystem, due to human activity, and is a form of pollution. The term is usually given to marine oil spills, where oil is released into th ...

s and other environmental pollution.

MARPOL Convention

Section 2 of the Act amends section 128(1) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 by inserting an extra paragraph extending the government's power to make provisions by Order in Council to include giving effecttion to the convention.

Merchant Shipping Act 1995

Section 3 of the Act amends section 178(1) of the

to restrict claims to being enforced within three years of the damage occurring, whereas previously it had been restricted to within three years after "the claim against the Fund arose", and within six years of the damage occurring.

References

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The Merchant Shipping (Pollution) Act 2006
as amended from the National Archives.
The Merchant Shipping (Pollution) Act 2006
as originally enacted from the National Archives.
Explanatory notes
to the Merchant Shipping (Pollution) Act 2006.
IMO article on the 2003 Protocol
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Supplementary Fund Protocol

MARPOL Convention

Merchant Shipping Act 1995

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