S.I. No. 224/1969:

OIL POLLUTION OF THE SEA (CONVENTION COUNTRIES AND CONVENTION AMENDMENT COUNTRIES) ORDER, 1969.

OIL POLLUTION OF THE SEA (CONVENTION COUNTRIES AND CONVENTION AMENDMENT COUNTRIES) ORDER, 1969.

I, BRIAN LENIHAN, Minister for Transport and Power, being satisfied that the governments of the countries specified in the Schedule hereto have accepted the International Convention for Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil, 1954, and the amendments to that Convention which were adopted on the 11th day of April, 1962, by the Conference of Contracting Governments to that Convention, hereby in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 19 (1) of the Oil Pollution of the Sea Act, 1956 (No. 25 of 1956), and the Transport, Fuel and Power (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1959 ( S.I. No. 125 of 1959 ), order as follows :

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Oil Pollution of the Sea (Convention Countries and Convention Amendment Countries) Order, 1969.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 4th day of December, 1969.

2. It is hereby declared that the countries specified in the Schedule to this Order have acepted the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil, 1954, and the amendments to that Convention which were adopted on the 11th day of April, 1962, by the Conference of Contracting Governments to that Convention.

SCHEDULE.

Southern Yemen

Syrian Arab Republic

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 20th day of November, 1969.

BRIAN LENIHAN,

Minister for Transport and Power.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of the Order is that ships registered in the countries listed in the Schedule to the Order may, while in an Irish port or territorial waters, be inspected to verify that they comply with the requirements of the Pollution of the Sea Acts, 1956 and 1965.