Updated to 23 October 2025
			(Act No. 10 of 2025 and S.I. No. 506 of 2025)
			
	
		
		
		Contents
		
		
		Commencement
		
            
            
                | Section | 
                Commencement/Effective Date 
                    Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below. 
                 | 
                Commencement Information | 
            
            
			
			
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						Whole Act | 
					
						16 May 1998 | 
					Oil Pollution of the Sea (Civil Liability and Compensation) (Amendment) Act 1998 (Commencement) Order 1998 (S.I. No. 159 of 1998), art. 2 | 
				
			
		
		
		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. 
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							Commencement Source | 
					    
			
			
			
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						Non-application of regs. where liability/compensation under Act | 
					European Communities (Environmental Liability) Regulations 2008 (S.I. No. 547 of 2008), regs. 1(2), 4(2) and sch. 4, par. 1 | 
					
								1 April 2009 | 
							European Communities (Environmental Liability) Regulations 2008 (S.I. No. 547 of 2008), reg. 1(2) | 
					    
			
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						S.2 (1)-(3) (4) rep. | 
					Sea Pollution (Amendment) Act, 1999 (18/1999), ss. 18, 19 (3) | 
					
								1 September 1999 | 
							Sea Pollution (Amendment) Act, 1999, (Commencement) Order 1999 (S.I. No. 295 of 1999), art. 2 | 
					    
			
		
		
		SIs made under the Act
		
			| Section | SIs made under the Act | 
			
			
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						S. 9 | 
					Worker Participation (State Enterprises) Act 1988 (Section 9) Order 2021 (S.I. No. 484 of 2021) |