The Merchant Shipping (Liability and Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage) (Transitional Provisions) Order 1996

4.  During the period while the United Kingdom remains a Party to the 1969 Liability Convention, references in sections 163 and 164 of the Act to the “Liability Convention” shall, in respect of ships registered in a State Party to the 1969 Liability Convention but not the 1992 Liability Convention, be references to the 1969 Liability Convention.