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

2. Enactment of 1992 Protocol into law and interpretation
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(1)Subject to this Act, the 1992 Protocol has the force of law in the Republic.

 

(2)For the purposes of paragraph (a)(i) and (ii) of Article 3 of the 1992 Fund Convention and in so far as it relates to the Republic, the reference to the territorial sea must be construed as a reference to the territorial waters of the Republic referred to in section 4 of the Maritime Zones Act, 1994 (Act No. 15 of 1994).

 

(3)For the purposes of paragraph (a)(ii) of Article 3 of the 1992 Fund Convention and in so far as it relates to the Republic, the reference to the exclusive economic zone must be construed as a reference to the exclusive economic zone of the Republic within the meaning of section 7 of the Maritime Zones Act, 1994 (Act No. 15 of 1994).

 

(4For the purposes of this Act, the English text of the 1992 Protocol prevails for the purposes of interpretation.

 

(5)The Minister may by notice in the Gazette publish for general information any changes made to the 1992 Fund Convention under Article 33 of the 1992 Protocol if those changes are binding on the Republic in terms of section 231 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996.