Section 15

“Fund Convention country” means a country in respect of which the Fund Convention is in force;

“Fund Convention ship” means a ship registered under the law of a

Fund Convention country;

“guarantor” means any person providing insurance or other financial security to cover an owner’s liability of the kind described in section 11;

“the Fund” means the International Oil Pollution Compensation

Fund established by the Fund Convention;

“the Fund Convention” means the International Convention on the

Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil

Pollution Damage signed in London on 27 November 1992.