Interpretation of this Part
23.—(1)  In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires —
“discharge or escape”, in relation to pollution damage, means the discharge or escape of oil from the ship;
“Fund Convention country” means a country in respect of which the Fund Convention is in force;
“incident” means any occurrence, or series of occurrences having the same origin, resulting in a discharge or escape of oil from a ship or in a relevant threat of contamination;
“pollution damage” means —
(a)damage caused outside a ship by contamination resulting from a discharge or escape of oil from the ship;
(b)the cost of preventive measures; and
(c)further damage caused by preventive measures,
but does not include any damage attributable to any impairment of the environment except to the extent that any such damage consists of —
(i)any loss of profits; or
(ii)the cost of any reasonable measures of reinstatement actually taken or to be taken;
“preventive measures” means any reasonable measures taken by any person to prevent or minimise pollution damage, being measures taken —
(a)after an incident has occurred; or
(b)in the case of an incident consisting of a series of occurrences, after the first of those occurrences;
“the Fund Convention” means the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage 1992;
“the Fund” means the International Fund established by the Fund Convention.
(2)  If the Minister, by order published in the Gazette, declares that any State specified in the order is a party to the Fund Convention in respect of any country so specified, the order shall, while in force, be conclusive evidence that that State is a party to that Convention in respect of that country.