S.I. No. 120/2008 - Sea Pollution (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006 (Part 2) (Commencement) Order 2008
SEA POLLUTION (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 2006 (PART 2) (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER 2008 | ||
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in | ||
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 2nd May, 2008. | ||
I, NOEL DEMPSEY, Minister for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 1(2) of the Sea Pollution (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006 (No. 29 of 2006), hereby order as follows: | ||
1. This Order may be cited as the Sea Pollution (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006 (Part 2) (Commencement) Order 2008. | ||
2. The 21st day of November, 2008 is appointed as the day on which Part 2 of the Sea Pollution (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006 (No. 29 of 2006) comes into operation. | ||
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GIVEN under my Official Seal, | ||
26 April 2008 | ||
NOEL DEMPSEY | ||
Minister for Transport | ||
EXPLANATORY NOTE. | ||
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.) | ||
This order provides for the commencement of Part 2 of the Sea Pollution (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006 . | ||
The Sea Pollution (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006 amends the Sea Pollution Acts 1991 to 1999 to give effect to a number of instruments which have been agreed at the International Maritime Organization relating to the protection of the marine environment. | ||
Part 2 of the Act gives effect to the International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage, 2001, (Bunkers Convention). |
