Marine Liability Act

Marginal note:Offer of compensation

• 106 (1) If the Administrator makes an offer of compensation to a claimant under paragraph 105(1)(a), (1.1)(a) or (b), as the case may be, the claimant shall, within 60 days after receiving the offer, notify the Administrator whether they accept or refuse it and, if no notification is received by the Administrator within that period, the claimant is deemed to have refused the offer.

• Marginal note:Appeal to Admiralty Court

  (2) A claimant may, within 60 days after receiving an offer of compensation or a notification that the Administrator has disallowed the claim, appeal the offer or the disallowance of the claim to the Admiralty Court, but in an appeal from the disallowance of a claim, that Court may consider only the matters described in paragraphs 105(3)(a) and (b).

• Marginal note:Acceptance of offer by claimant

  (3) If a claimant accepts the offer of compensation from the Administrator,

  • (a) the Administrator shall direct payment to be made to the claimant of the amount of the offer out of the Ship-source Oil Pollution Fund without delay or according to the payment schedule referred to in paragraph 105(1.1)(b), as the case may be;

  • (b) the claimant is then precluded from pursuing any rights that they may have had against any person in respect of matters referred to in sections 51, 71 and 77, Article III of the Civil Liability Convention and Article 3 of the Bunkers Convention in relation to the occurrence to which the offer of compensation relates, except that

    • (i) with respect to the acceptance of an offer of compensation made under paragraph 105(1)(a), the claimant may pursue any rights that they may have under subsection 103(1.2) in a single claim, and

    • (ii) with respect to the acceptance of an offer of compensation made under paragraph 105(1.1)(a) or (b), the claimant may pursue any rights that they may have under subsection 103(1) or (1.1) in a single claim;

  • (c) the Administrator is, to the extent of the payment to the claimant, subrogated to any rights of the claimant referred to in paragraph (b); and

  • (d) the Administrator shall take all reasonable measures to recover the amount of the payment from the owner of the ship, the International Fund, the Supplementary Fund or any other person liable and, for that purpose, the Administrator may commence an action in the Administrator’s or the claimant’s name, including a claim against the fund of the owner of a ship established under the Civil Liability Convention and may enforce any security provided to or enforceable by the claimant.