Research and analysis

Post legislative assessment of the Wreck Removal Convention Act 2011

Preliminary assessment memorandum of the Wreck Removal Convention Act 2011.

• From: Department for Transport
• Published: 28 July 2016

Documents

Post legislative assessment of the Wreck Removal Convention Act 2011: memorandum to the Transport Select Committee (web version)

Ref: ISBN 9781474134767, ID P002817422 07/16, Cm. 9295

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Post legislative assessment of the Wreck Removal Convention Act 2011: memorandum to the Transport Select Committee (print version)

Ref: ISBN 9781474134750, ID P002817422 07/16, Cm. 9295

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Details

The assessment reviews the powers conferred as part of the Wreck Removal Convention Act 2011 which includes:

• imposing a legal obligation on shipowners to locate, mark and remove, or have removed, wrecks which pose a hazard
• the ‘polluter pays’ principle making the party responsible for producing pollution, the wrecked vessel owner, liable for paying for damage
• ensuring that, in most cases, the government is able to recover its full costs

We are required to provide an initial assessment of the act 5 years after Royal Assent.

Published 28 July 2016