S.I. No. 127/1967 - Oil Pollution of the Sea (Convention Amendment Countries) Order, 1967.

S.I. No. 127 of 1967.

OIL POLLUTION OF THE SEA (CONVENTION AMENDMENT COUNTRIES) ORDER, 1967.

I, ERSKINE H. CHILDERS, Minister for Transport and Power, being satisfied that the governments of the countries specified in the Schedule hereto have accepted the amendments to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil, 1954, which were adopted on the 11th day of April, 1962, by the Conference of Contracting Governments to that Convention, hereby, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 19 (1) of the Oil Pollution of the Sea Act, 1956 (No. 25 of 1956), and the Transport, Fuel and Power (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1959 ( S.I. No. 125 of 1959 ), order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Oil Pollution of the Sea (Convention Amendment Countries) Order, 1967.

2. It is hereby declared that the countries specified in the Schedule to this Order have accepted the amendments to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil, 1954, which were adopted on the 11th day of April, 1962, by the Conference of Contracting Governments to that Convention.

SCHEDULE

Belgium,

Canada,

Denmark,

Federal Republic of Germany,

Finland,

France,

Ghana,

Iceland,

Jordan,

Kuwait,

Liberia,

Malagasy Republic,

Netherlands,

Norway,

Philippines,

Poland,

Sweden,

Switzerland,

United Arab Republic,

United Kingdom,

United States of America.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 16th day of May, 1967.

ERSKINE H. CHILDERS,

Minister for Transport and Power.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The effect of this Order is that ships registered in countries listed in the Schedule to the Order may, while in an Irish port or territorial waters, be inspected to verify that they comply with the requirements of the Oil Pollution of the Sea Acts, 1956 and 1965.