S.I. No. 118/1995:

SEA POLLUTION ACT, 1991 (INTERVENTION PROTOCOL) (COUNTRIES OF ACCEPTANCE) ORDER, 1995.

SEA POLLUTION ACT, 1991 (INTERVENTION PROTOCOL) (COUNTRIES OF ACCEPTANCE) ORDER, 1995.

I, HUGH COVENEY, Minister for the Marine, being satisfied that the countries specified in Part I of the Schedule to the following Order have accepted the Protocol Relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Pollution by Substances other than Oil, 1973, and being further satisfied that the Protocol has been extended to the territories specified in Part II of the Schedule to the following Order, hereby, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 28 of the Sea Pollution Act, 1991 (No. 27 of 1991), order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Sea Pollution Act, 1991 (Intervention Protocol) (Countries of Acceptance) Order, 1995.

2. This Order shall come into operation on the 15th day of May, 1995.

3. In this Order, "the Intervention Protocol" means the Protocol Relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Pollution by Substances other than Oil, 1973, done at London on the 2nd day of November, 1973.

4. It is hereby declared that--

( a ) the countries specified in Part I of the Schedule to this Order have accepted the Intervention Protocol, and

( b ) the Intervention Protocol extends to the territories specified in Part II of the Schedule to this Order.

SCHEDULE

PART I

PART II

Anguilla

Bermuda

British Antarctic Territory

British Virgin Islands

Cayman Islands

Falkland Islands and Dependencies

Hong Kong

Montserrat

Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands

St. Helena and DependenciesTurks and Caicos Islands

United Kingdom Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia on the Island of Cyprus

Netherlands Antilles

Aruba

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 3rd day of May, 1995.

HUGH COVENEY,

Minister for the Marine.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order declares that the countries specified in Part I of the Schedule thereto have accepted the Protocol Relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Pollution by Substances other than Oil, 1973 and that the Protocol extends to the Territories specified in Part II of the Schedule.