Prevention of Oil Pollution (Shipping Casualties) (Bermuda) Order 1980

Title 31 Laws of Bermuda Item 20(b) 1989 Revision 1 UNITED KINGDOM STATUTORY INSTRUMENT SI 1980 No. 1522 THE PREVENTION OF OIL POLLUTION (SHIPPING CASUALTIES) (BERMUDA) ORDER 1980 [made by Her Majesty in Council under the Prevention of Oil Pollution Act 1971 and brought into operation on 1 December 1980 and published in Bermuda as GN 597/1980] 1 This Order may be cited as the Prevention of Oil Pollution (Shipping Casualties) (Bermuda) Order 1980 and shall come into operation on 1st December, 1980. 2 Subject to the exceptions, adaptations and modifications in Article 3 of this Order, sections 12 to 15 of the Prevention of Oil Pollution Act 1971 as extended to Bermuda by the Prevention of Oil Pollution Act 1971 (Bermuda) Order 1980 [title 31 item 20] shall apply to a ship— (a) which is not a ship registered in Bermuda; and (b) which is for the time being outside the territorial waters of Bermuda, in any case where the Minister is satisfied that there is a need to protect the coast of Bermuda or the waters in or adjacent to Bermuda up to the seaward limits of territorial waters against grave and imminent danger of oil pollution. 3 In respect of a ship to which the said sections 12 to 15 are ap plied by Article 2 of this Order the power conferred on the Minister by subsection (2) of section 12 to give directions shall only be exercisable in relation to— (a) an individual who is a [Commonwealth] citizen; or (b) a body corporate which is established under the laws of Bermuda, Title 31 Laws of Bermuda Item 20(b) 1989 Revision 2 and subsection (2) of section 14 shall only apply to such an individual or body corporate. 4 In this Order "Minister" means the Minister charged under the Constitution of Bermuda with responsibility for marine and air services.