156 Restriction of liability for [pollution from oil or bunker oil]
Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (1995 c 21) | Legislation

156  Restriction of liability for [pollution from oil or bunker oil]

(1)     Where, as a result of any occurrence—

[(a)     there is a discharge or escape of oil from a ship to which section 153 applies or there arises a relevant threat of contamination falling within subsection (2) of that section, or

(b)     there is a discharge or escape of oil falling within section 154(1) or there arises a relevant threat of contamination falling within section 154(2),]

then, whether or not the [registered owner] of the ship in question incurs a liability under section 153 or 154—

(i)     he shall not be liable otherwise than under that section for any such damage or cost as is mentioned in it, and

(ii)     no person to whom this paragraph applies shall be liable for any such

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