2012 US Code
Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters
Chapter 40 - OIL POLLUTION (§§ 2701 - 2762)
Subchapter I - OIL POLLUTION LIABILITY AND COMPENSATION (§§ 2701 - 2720)
Section 2710 - Indemnification agreements
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS CHAPTER 40 - OIL POLLUTION SUBCHAPTER I - OIL POLLUTION LIABILITY AND COMPENSATION Sec. 2710 - Indemnification agreements |
Contains | section 2710 |
Date | 2012 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 15, 2013 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 101-380, title I, §1010, Aug. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 498. |
Statutes at Large References | 104 Stat. 498, 484 |
Public Law References | Public Law 101-380 |
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Nothing in this Act prohibits any agreement to insure, hold harmless, or indemnify a party to such agreement for any liability under this Act.
(b) Liability not transferredNo indemnification, hold harmless, or similar agreement or conveyance shall be effective to transfer liability imposed under this Act from a responsible party or from any person who may be liable for an incident under this Act to any other person.
(c) Relationship to other causes of actionNothing in this Act, including the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, bars a cause of action that a responsible party subject to liability under this Act, or a guarantor, has or would have, by reason of subrogation or otherwise, against any person.
(Pub. L. 101–380, title I, §1010, Aug. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 498.)
References in TextThis Act, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 101–380, Aug. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 484, as amended, known as the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 2701 of this title and Tables.
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