Merchant Shipping (International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund) Act, 2013 (Act No. 24 of 2013)

In this Act, unless the context indicates otherwise, any meaning ascribed to a word or expression in the 1992 Fund Convention must bear the meaning so ascribed, and—

"Authority"

means the South African Maritime Safety Authority established by section 2(1) of the South African Maritime Safety Authority Act, 1998 (Act No. 5 of 1998);

"Minister"

means the Minister of Transport;

"the 1971 Fund Convention"

means the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Oil Pollution Damage, 1971 done at Brussels on 18 December 1971;

"the 1992 Fund Convention"

means Articles 1 to 36 quinquies of the 1971 Fund Convention as amended by the 1992 Protocol and referred to in paragraph 2 of Article 27 of the 1992 Protocol;

"the 1992 Protocol"

means the International Maritime Organization Protocol of 1992 to amend the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Oil Pollution Damage of 18 December 1971—

(a)	approved on 23 October 1997 by the National Assembly and on 15 March 1999 by the National Council of Provinces as is required by section 231(2) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996; and

(b)	published for general information under Notice No. 1534 of 2009 in Gazette No. 32723 of 20 November 2009;

"the Fund"

means the International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund, 1992, established by Article 2 of the 1992 Fund Convention; and

"this Act"

includes any regulation made in terms of section 11.