S.I. No. 240/1963:

OIL POLLUTION OF THE SEA (CONVENTION COUNTRIES) (MISCELLANEOUS) ORDER, 1963.

OIL POLLUTION OF THE SEA (CONVENTION COUNTRIES) (MISCELLANEOUS) ORDER, 1963.

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 International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil, 1954, hereby, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by subsection (1) of section 19 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. (1) This Order may be cited as the Oil Pollution of the Sea (Convention Countries) (Miscellaneous) Order, 1963.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 16th day of December, 1963.

2. It is hereby declared that the countries specified in the Schedule to this Order have accepted the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil, 1954.

SCHEDULE.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 2nd day of December, 1963.

ERSKINE H. CHILDERS,

Minister for Transport and Power.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order declares that the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil, 1954, has been accepted by the United Arab Republic, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and the Dominican Republic.