Singapore legislation
Clause 30
of Merchant Shipping (Civil Liability and Compensation for Bunker Oil Pollution) Bill
Clause 30
Related amendments to other written laws
(1)
Section 13 of the Merchant Shipping (Civil Liability and Compensation for Oil Pollution) Act (Cap. 180) is amended —
by deleting subsection (2) and substituting the following subsection:“(2) The ship shall not enter or leave any port in Singapore or enter or leave any offshore terminal in the territorial sea of Singapore nor, if it is a Singapore ship, enter or leave any port in any other country or any offshore terminal in the territorial sea of any other country, unless there is in force a certificate complying with subsection (3) and showing that there is in force in respect of the ship a contract of insurance or other security satisfying the requirements of Article VII of the Liability Convention.”; and
by inserting, immediately after subsection (9), the following subsection:“(10) In subsection (2), “offshore terminal” has the same meaning as in the Liability Convention.”.
(2)
Section 18 of the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea Act (Cap. 243) is amended by deleting subsection (4) and substituting the following subsection:“(4) This section shall not apply in relation to any discharge of —
oil or oily mixture where section 3 of the Merchant Shipping (Civil Liability and Compensation for Oil Pollution) Act (Cap. 180) applies; and
bunker oil where section 3 of the Merchant Shipping (Civil Liability and Compensation for Bunker Oil Pollution) Act 2008 applies.”.