The Offshore Pollution Liability Association Ltd


OFFSHORE POLLUTION LIABILITY AGREEMENT ("OPOL") as at 1st August, 1996

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CLAUSE VIII - ADMINISTRATION OF THIS AGREEMENT AND MISCELLANEOUS

A. The Parties shall cause the Association from time to time to promulgate such Rules as are necessary and proper for the administration and implementation of this Contract.
B. No rights or obligations created hereunder or connected herewith may be assigned or transferred.
C. No Party shall be subject to any liability under Clause IV hereof with respect to an Offshore Facility which was not, as to said Party, a Designated Offshore Facility at the time of an Incident involving said Facility.
D. The Association shall have no liability hereunder to any Claimant other than its obligation to administer as provided in Clause III.2.
E. The taking of Remedial Measures by a Party and the making of a settlement by a Party of a Claim made by a Claimant hereunder shall not be deemed an admission of, or evidence of liability on the part of said Party in any other proceeding or to any other Claimant.
F. No arbitration award against a Party under this Contract shall be deemed an admission of, or evidence of liability on the part of said Party in any other proceedings or to any other Claimant.
G. Nothing in this Contract shall affect the rights of any Party or the Association under any international convention, statute, law, contract or otherwise arising, to recover compensation for Pollution Damage or the cost of Remedial Measures, or any other damage whatsoever, or to receive reimbursement for all or any part of any payments made hereunder.

 

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