Merchant Shipping (Civil Liability and Compensation for Oil Pollution) Act 1998 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund
24. Legal capacity of Fund
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the Fund
“the Fund” means the International Fund established by the Fund Convention.
Any proceedings by or against the Fund may either be instituted by or against the Fund in its own name or be instituted by or against the Director of the Fund as the Fund’s representative.
Director
“Director” means the Director of Marine appointed under section 4 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 and includes the Deputy Director of Marine appointed under that section;
Evidence of any instrument issued by any organ of the Fund or of any document in the custody of the Fund, or any entry in or extract from such a document, may be given in any legal proceedings by production of a copy certified as a true copy by an official of the Fund, and any document purporting to be such a copy shall, in any such proceedings, be received in evidence without proof of the official position or handwriting of the person signing the certificate.