Updated to 9 September 2025 (Act No. 10 of 2025 and S.I. No. 426 of 2025)
All effects below are reflected in the most recent Revised Act.
Contents
Commencement
| Section | Commencement/Effective Date Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below.
|
Commencement Information |
|---|---|---|
| Ss. 1-5 | 9 August 2007 | Sea Pollution (Hazardous Substances) (Compensation) Act 2005 (Commencement) Order 2007 (S.I. No. 586 of 2007), art. 2(a) |
| Ss. 6-27 | Not yet commenced, requires commencement order under s. 1(4) | |
| Ss. 28, 29 | 9 August 2007 | Sea Pollution (Hazardous Substances) (Compensation) Act 2005 (Commencement) Order 2007 (S.I. No. 586 of 2007), art. 2(b) |
| Sch. 1 | Not yet commenced, requires commencement order under s. 1(4) | |
| Sch. 2 | 9 August 2007 | Sea Pollution (Hazardous Substances) (Compensation) Act 2005 (Commencement) Order 2007 (S.I. No. 586 of 2007), art. 2(c) |
Amendments and other effects
| How Affected | Affecting Provision | Affecting Provision Commencement/Effective Date
Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below.
|
Commencement Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Act, s. 28 included in collectively cited Merchant Shipping Acts | s. 1(2) | ||
| Act, s. 29 included in collectively cited Oil Pollution of the Sea (Civil Liability and Compensation) Acts | S. 1(3) | ||
| Non-application of regs where liability/compensation provided under Act | S.I. No. 547 of 2008, regs. 1(2), 4(2), schedule 4, para. 3 | 1 April 2009 | S.I. No. 547 of 2008, regs. 1(2) |
| Transfer of ministerial functions | S.I. No. 842 of 2005, arts. 1(2), 4, schedule | 1 January 2006 | S.I. No. 842 of 2005, arts. 1(2) |
| S. 2(1) amended | 23/2010. ss. 2, 15(14), schedule 2, pt. 14, para. 21 | 1 October 2010 | Central Bank Reform Act 2010 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2010 (S.I. No. 469 of 2010) |
| S. 2(2) substituted | 28/2021, ss. 1(2), 20(3), schedule 2 | 22 November 2021 | Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2021 (Commencement) Order 2021 (S.I. No. 601 of 2021), art. 2 |
| 8/2006, s. 93(9) | 4 April 2006 | Commenced on enactment | |
| S. 15(8) amended | 43/2014, ss. 1(3), 68, schedule 4 | Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(3) |
SIs made under the Act
| Section | SIs made under the Act |
|---|---|
| None |