Protocols to the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, 1969, and the International Convention on the Establishment of An International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage, 1971, were adopted under the auspices of the International Maritime Organisation in London on 27 November 1992. It is proposed that Ireland will become a party to these Protocols when preparations including any necessary legislative action have been completed. A similar course of action is proposed in relation to the Convention on Oil Pollution.
Preparedness Response and Co-operation and the International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in Connection with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea were also adopted in London under IMO auspices in November 1990 and May 1996 respectively.
It is proposed also that Ireland will become a party to a number of Conventions and Protocols adopted under the auspices of the Brussels International Maritime Law Conventions and the IMO relating to the liability of shipowners and others. The Merchant Shipping (Liability of Shipowners and Others) Act, 1996, has effected the necessary changes to domestic law to permit such a course of action.
