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

Application.

2.—(1) Sections 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 and 1 5 shall apply in respect of incidents occurring on or after the commencement of those sections.

(2) Sections 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 and 1 4 shall apply in respect of incidents occurring on or after the commencement of those sections.

(3) Section 3 , in so far as it gives effect to the Protocol of 1992 to amend the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, 1969, shall apply in respect of incidents occurring on or after the commencement of the provisions referred to in subsection (1) of this section.

(4) Section 3 , in so far as it gives effect to the Protocol of 1992 to amend the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage, 1971, shall apply in respect of incidents occurring on or after the commencement of the provisions referred to in subsection (2) of this section.

(5) For the purposes of this Act, an incident that consists of a series of occurrences having the same origin shall be deemed to have occurred on the happening of the first of those occurrences.