173 Contributions by importers of oil and others
Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (1995 c 21) | Legislation

Contributions to Fund

173  Contributions by importers of oil and others

(1)     Contributions shall be payable to the Fund [and to the Supplementary Fund] in respect of oil carried by sea to ports or terminal installations in the United Kingdom otherwise than on a voyage only within its national waters.

(2)     Subsection (1) above applies whether or not the oil is being imported, and applies even if contributions are payable in respect of carriage of the same oil on a previous voyage.

(3)     Contributions shall also be payable[—

(a)]     to the Fund in respect of oil when first received in any installation in the United Kingdom after having been carried by sea and discharged in a port or terminal installation in a country which is not a Fund Convention country[; and

(b)     to the Supplementary Fund in respect of oil when first received in any installation in the United Kingdom after having been carried by sea and discharged in a port or terminal installation in a country which is not a Supplementary Fund Protocol country].

(4)     The person liable to pay contributions

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