Sea Pollution (Amendment) Act, 1999

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Number 18 of 1999


SEA POLLUTION (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1999


ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section

1.

Interpretation.

2.

Preparation and submission of plans to Minister.

3.

Oil pollution emergency plans.

4.

Authorised officers.

5.

Powers of harbour-masters.

6.

Giving of directions by Minister.

7.

Duty to report oil pollution incident.

8.

Minister to prepare plan for preventing and minimising oil pollution damage.

9.

Acquisition of equipment and materials by Minister.

10.

Provision of assistance by foreign maritime administration.

11.

Provision of assistance by Minister outside State.

12.

Ships anchored outside harbour.

13.

Amendment of section 3 of Principal Act.

14.

Detention of ships.

15.

Provision relating to offences under Principal Act.

16.

Penalties.

17.

Application of certain provisions of Principal Act to offences under this Act.

18.

Miscellaneous.

19.

Short title, collective citation, construction and commencement.

Acts Referred to

Continental Shelf Act, 1968

1968, No. 14

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1995

1995, No. 35

Fishery Harbour Centres Act 1968

1968, No. 18

Foreshore Act, 1933

1933, No. 12

Harbours Act, 1946

1946, No. 9

Harbours Act, 1996

1996, No. 11

Local Government Act, 1941

1941, No. 23

Maritime Jurisdiction Acts, 1959 to 1988

Mercantile Marine Act, 1955

1955, No. 29

Oil Pollution of the Sea (Civil Liability and Compensation) (Amendment) Act, 1998

1998, No. 13

Sea Pollution Act, 1991

1991, No. 27

Sea Pollution Acts, 1991 and 1995

Sea Pollution Acts, 1991 and 1996

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Number 18 of 1999


SEA POLLUTION (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1999


AN ACT TO GIVE EFFECT TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON OIL POLLUTION PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE AND CO-OPERATION, 1990, DONE AT LONDON ON THE 30TH DAY OF NOVEMBER 1990, TO AMEND THE SEA POLLUTION ACT, 1991, AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS. [30th June, 1999]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: