S.I. No. 353/1980 - Oil Pollution of the Sea Act, 1956 (Application of Section 10) Regulations, 1980.

S.I. No. 353 of 1980.

OIL POLLUTION OF THE SEA ACT, 1956 (APPLICATION OF SECTION 10) REGULATIONS, 1980.

I, ALBERT REYNOLDS, Minister for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 10 of the Oil Pollution of the Sea Act, 1956 (No. 25 of 1956), the Transport, Fuel and Power (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1959 ( S.I. No. 125 of 1959 ), and the Tourism and Transport (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1980 ( S.I. No. 11 of 1980 ), hereby make the following regulations:—

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Oil Pollution of the Sea Act, 1956 (Application of Section 10) Regulations, 1980.

(2) These Regulations shall come into operation on the 31st day of December, 1980.

2. Section 10 of the Oil Pollution of the Sea Act, 1956 (No. 25 of 1956), shall apply to diesel oil other than those distillates of which more than 50 per cent by volume distills at a temperature not exceeding three hundred and forty degrees (340°) centigrade when tested by the American Society for Testing Materials Standard Method D 86/59.

3. The Oil Pollution of the Sea Act, 1956 (Application of Section 10) Regulations, 1967 ( S.I. No. 125 of 1967 ), are hereby revoked.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 20th day of November, 1980.

ALBERT REYNOLDS,

Minister for Transport.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of these Regulations is to provide that diesel oil as defined shall be subject to the prohibition on the discharge of oil at sea imposed by the Oil Pollution of the Sea Act, 1956 .