Download or read book Merchant Shipping (Pollution) Act 2006 written by Great Britain and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2006-04-06 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Act includes provisions for powers to make an Order in Council to enable the UK to implement i) revisions of international agreements relating to compensation for oil pollution from ships; and ii) Annex VI of the MARPOL Convention. It also amends section 178 (1) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 in relation to the limitation period for claiming compensation from the international compensation fund for oil pollution damage.