(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order appoints 30th May 1996 as the day on which Chapter III and Chapter IV of Part VI of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 come into force, and Schedule 4 to the Act ceases to have effect.
This date is the day on which the 1992 Protocols to the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage 1969, and to the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage 1971, come into force.