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The Merchant Shipping (Liability and Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage) (Transitional Provisions) (Overseas Territories) Order 1997

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1.  This Order may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Liability and Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage) (Transitional Provisions) (Overseas Territories) Order 1997, and shall come into force on 30th November 1997.

2.  The Merchant Shipping (Liability and Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage) (Transitional Provisions) Order 1996(1), shall extend to each of the following territories subject to the exceptions, adaptations and modifications specified out in the Schedule to this Order:

  • Anguilla

  • Bermuda

  • British Indian Ocean Territory

  • Falkland Islands

  • Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands

  • South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

  • Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia

  • Turks and Caicos Islands

  • Virgin Islands

3.  In this Order, “the Territory” means each of the territories listed in Article 2.

N. H. Nicholls

Clerk to the Privy Council

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