When you look at the law about the Oil Pollution Advisory Committee, you need to know about some special rules. If you were already a member of this committee, you are now considered to be appointed under a new section of the law, which is section 282. This means you keep the same terms and conditions you had before this new law started.

The person in charge of the committee, called the Director, will keep being in charge until the Minister chooses someone new to be the chairperson, as stated in section 282. You should understand that these rules are in place to help with the change from the old law to the new law. The old law is the Marine Pollution Act 1974, which had a section called section 29G that established the Oil Pollution Advisory Committee.