Shipping (Oil Pollution) (Liability and Compensation) (Jersey) Order 2015 (R&O.118/2015)

Shipping (Oil Pollution) (Liability and Compensation) (Jersey) Order 2015 Arrangement Price code: B Page - 1 R&O.118/2015 SHIPPING (OIL POLLUTION) (LIABILITY AND COMPENSATION) (JERSEY) ORDER 2015 Arrangement Article 1 Interpretation ........................................................................................ 3 2 Calculation of a ship’s gross tonnage ................................................... 3 3 Description of oil .................................................................................. 3 4 Citation and commencement ................................................................ 4 Shipping (Oil Pollution) (Liability and Compensation) (Jersey) Order 2015 Article 1 Page - 3 R&O.118/2015 SHIPPING (OIL POLLUTION) (LIABILITY AND COMPENSATION) (JERSEY) ORDER 2015 Made 7th October 2015 Coming into force in accordance with Article 4 THE MINISTER FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, in pursuance of Articles 8(5) and 14(1) of the Shipping (Oil Pollution) (Liability and Compensation) (Jersey) Law 20151, orders as follows – 1 Interpretation In this Order, “Law” means the Shipping (Oil Pollution) (Liability and Compensation) (Jersey) Law 20152. 2 Calculation of a ship’s gross tonnage For the purposes of Article 8 of the Law, the gross tonnage of a ship shall be determined in accordance with Article 5 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Shipping (Tonnage) (Jersey) Regulations 20043. 3 Description of oil (1) The description of oil that applies for the purposes of Article 14(1) of the Law is any persistent hydrocarbon mineral oil such as crude oil, fuel oil, heavy diesel oil and lubricating oil. (2) However the description does not include any oil that, at the time of shipment, consists of hydrocarbon fractions – (a) at least 50% of which, by volume, distil at a temperature of 340°C; and (b) at least 95% of which, by volume, distil at a temperature of 370°C, when tested by the ASTM Method D86/78 published by the American Society for Testing and Materials. Article 4 Shipping (Oil Pollution) (Liability and Compensation) (Jersey) Order 2015 Page - 4 R&O.118/2015 4 Citation and commencement This Order may be cited as the Shipping (Oil Pollution) (Liability and Compensation) (Jersey) Order 2015 and shall come into force on the same day as the Law comes into force. SENATOR L.J. FARNHAM Minister for Economic Development Shipping (Oil Pollution) (Liability and Compensation) (Jersey) Order 2015 Endnotes Page - 5 R&O.118/2015 1 L.8/2015 2 L.8/2015 3 chapter 19.885.80