Malaysia legislation

Section 20

of MERCHANT SHIPPING (OIL POLLUTION) (AMENDMENT) ACT 2011

Section 20

Section 14 of the principal Act is amended—

(a)

by substituting for subsection (2) the following subsection:

“(2) In relation to a ship owned by a State and for the time being used for commercial purposes—

(a)

it shall be sufficient compliance with subsection 11(2) if there is in force a certificate issued by the appropriate authority of that State and showing that the ship is owned by that State and that any liability for pollution damage as defined in Article 1 of the Liability Convention will be met up to the limit prescribed by Article V of that Convention; or

(b)

it shall be sufficient compliance with subsection 11A(2) if there is in force a certificate issued by the appropriate authority of that State and showing that the ship is owned by that State and that any liability for pollution damage as defined in Article 1 of the Bunkers Convention will be met up to the limits set out in Chapter II of the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims 1976 as amended by the Protocol of 1996 to amend the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims 1976, and as set out in the Sixteenth Schedule of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance 1952."; and

(b)

in subsection (3)—

(i)

by inserting after the words "Liability Convention" the words "or Bunkers Convention"; and

(ii)

by inserting after the words "section 3" the words "or $ 3 \mathrm{A} $ , respectively".

Amendment of section 23

Section 20 — AKTA PERKAPALAN SAUDAGAR (PENCEMARAN MINYAK) (PINDAAN) 2011