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Maritime Conventions Act

Commencement: 25 November 1982


LAWS OF THE REPUBLIC OF VANUATU


REVISED EDITION 1988


CHAPTER 155


MARITIME (CONVENTIONS)


Act 29 of 1982
Act 29 of 1984


ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS


SECTION


1. Scheduled Conventions
SCHEDULE

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MARITIME (CONVENTIONS)


To provide for the application in Vanuatu of certain international maritime conventions.


SCHEDULED CONVENTIONS


1. (1) The provision of any of the Scheduled Conventions to which Vanuatu has acceded shall have the force of law in Vanuatu from the day that accession thereto shall take effect.


(2) Where the provisions of any of the Scheduled Conventions to which Vanuatu has acceded conflict with the provisions of any other Act, the provisions of the Scheduled Convention shall prevail.


(3) For the Purposes of this section, "Scheduled Conventions" means the Conventions specified in the Schedule.


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SCHEDULE


SCHEDULED CONVENTIONS


- Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea. 1972;


- International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974;


- Protocol of 1978, relating to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea;


- International Convention on Load Lines, 1966;


- International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, 1969;


- International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil, 1954;


- International Conference on Maritime Pollution, 1973;


- International Conference on Tanker Safety and Pollution Prevention, 1978;


- Regulation for the Prevention of Pollution by Oil;


- Guidelines for Surveys Order Annex 1 of MARPOL 73/78.

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