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

Notice No. 1534 of 2009

Department of Transport

Publication for General Information

Since section 231(2) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, provides that an international agreement binds the Republic only after it has been approved by resolution in both the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces; and

Since the National Assembly, on 23 October 1997, and the National Council of Provinces, on 15 March 1999, approved the Protocol of 1992 to Amend the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage, 1971.

I, Sibusiso J Ndebele, hereby publish the said Protocol, the English text of which is set out in the Schedule hereto, for general information.

Sibusiso J Ndebele

Minister of Transport

21/09/09