When something goes wrong with a CLC ship and oil spills into the sea, you need to know who is responsible. For the purposes of this law, the owner of the CLC ship is considered the person in charge at the time of the accident. This is who is deemed the CLC owner, whether the accident happens all at once or is a series of events.
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, for the purposes of this Part, in respect of any discharge or escape of oil from a CLC ship, the owner of that ship shall be deemed to be the CLC owner of that ship at the time of an event giving rise to liability under this Part or (where such event consists of a series of occurrences) at the time of the first such occurrence, as the case may be.
