A. All claims (other than claims arising in respect of oil pollution) incurred by the Association or by any other party to the Pooling Agreement under the entry of any one ship arising from any one event including any claim in respect of liability for the removal or non-removal of any wreck shall for the purpose of the definitions in these Rules of “Overspill Claim” and “Group Reinsurance Limit” be treated as if they were one claim.

B. Any reference to a claim incurred by the Association or by any other party to the Pooling Agreement shall be deemed to include the costs and expenses associated therewith.

C. That part (if any) of a claim (other than a claim in respect of oil pollution) incurred by the Association or by any other party to the Pooling Agreement under the terms of entry of a ship which exceeds or may exceed the Group Reinsurance Limit is referred to herein as an “Overspill Claim”. 

A. Without prejudice to any other applicable limit, any Overspill Claim incurred by the Association shall not be recoverable from the Association in excess of the aggregate of:

i. that part of the Overspill Claim which is eligible for pooling under the Pooling Agreement but which, under the terms of the Pooling Agreement, is to be borne by the Association; and
ii. the maximum amount that the Association is able to recover from the other parties to the Pooling Agreement as their contributions to the Overspill Claim.

B. The aggregate amount referred to in paragraph (A) of this Section shall be reduced to the extent that the Association can evidence:

i. that costs have been properly incurred by it in collecting or seeking to collect

a) Overspill Calls levied to provide funds to pay that part of the Overspill Claim referred to in sub-paragraph (A)(i) of this Section, or
b) the amount referred to in sub-paragraph (A)(ii) of this Section; or

ii. that it is unable to collect an amount equal to that part of the Overspill Claim referred to in sub-paragraph (A)(i) of this Section which it had intended to pay out of the levy of Overspill Calls because any Overspill Calls so levied, or parts thereof, are not economically recoverable, provided that if, due to a change in circumstances, such amounts subsequently become economically recoverable, the aggregate amount referred to in paragraph (A) of this Section shall be reinstated to that extent.

C. In evidencing the matters referred to in sub-paragraph (B)(ii) above the Association shall be required to show that:

i. it has levied Overspill Calls in respect of the Overspill Claim referred to in paragraph (A) of this Section on all Owners entered in the Association on the Overspill Claim Date in accordance with and in the maximum amounts permitted under Section 5 of this Rule 22; and
ii. it has levied those Overspill Calls in a timely manner, has not released or otherwise waived an Owner’s obligation to pay those calls and has taken all reasonable steps to recover those calls. 

A. The funds required to pay any Overspill Claim incurred by the Association shall be provided:

i. from such sums as the Association is able to recover from the other parties to the Pooling Agreement as their contributions to the Overspill Claim, and
ii. from such sums as the Association is able to recover from any special insurance which may, in the discretion of the Association, have been effected to protect the Association against the risk of payments of Overspill Claims, and
iii. from such proportion of any sums standing to the credit of the Catastrophe Reserve (as defined in Rule 24) of the Associations (or any of them) as the Directors in their discretion decide, and
iv. by levying one or more Overspill Calls in accordance with Section 5 of this Rule, irrespective of whether the Association has sought to recover or has recovered all or any of the sums referred to in sub-paragraph (ii) above but provided the Association shall first have made a determination in accordance with sub-paragraph (iii) above, and
v. from any interest accruing to the Association on any funds provided as aforesaid.

B. The funds required to pay such proportion of any Overspill Claim incurred by any other party to the Pooling Agreement which the Association is liable to contribute under the terms of the Pooling Agreement shall be provided in the manner specified in sub-paragraphs (A)(ii) – (v) of this Section.

C. To the extent that the Association intends to provide funds required to pay any Overspill Claim incurred by it in the manner specified in sub-paragraph (A)(iv) of this Section, the Association shall only be required to pay such Overspill Claim as and when such funds are received by it, provided that it can show from time to time that, in seeking to collect such funds, it has taken the steps referred to in paragraph (C) of Section 2 of this Rule 22.

A. Any issue, arising from the application to an Overspill Claim (the “relevant Overspill Claim”) of paragraphs (B) or (C) of Section 2 of this Rule or paragraph (C) of Section 3 of this Rule, of whether

i. costs have been properly incurred in collecting or seeking to collect funds to pay Overspill Claims, or
ii. any Overspill Call or part thereof is economically recoverable, or
iii. in seeking to collect the funds referred to in Section 3(C), the Association has taken the steps referred to in that Section, on which the Association and the Owner cannot agree shall, notwithstanding Rule 40, be referred to a panel (the “Panel”) constituted in accordance with arrangements established in the Pooling Agreement which, acting as a body of experts and not as an arbitration tribunal, shall determine the issue.

B. If the Panel has not been constituted at a time when the Owner wishes to refer an issue to it, the Association shall, on request by the Owner, give a direction for the constitution of the Panel as required under the Pooling Agreement.

C. The Association may (and, on the direction of the Owner, shall) give such direction as is required under the Pooling Agreement for the formal instruction of the Panel to investigate any issue and to give its determination as soon as reasonably practicable.

D. The Panel shall in its discretion decide what information, documents, evidence and submission it requires in order to determine an issue and how to obtain these, and the Association and the Owner shall co-operate fully with the Panel.

E. In determining any issue referred to it under this Section 4 the Panel shall endeavour to follow the same procedures as it follows in determining issues arising in respect of the relevant Overspill Claim which are referred to it under the Pooling Agreement.

F. In determining an issue the members of the Panel i. shall rely on their own knowledge and expertise, and ii. may rely on any information documents evidence or submission provided to it by the Association or the Owner as the Panel sees fit. G If the three members of the Panel cannot agree on any matter, the view of the majority shall prevail.

H. The Panel shall not be required to give reasons for any determination.

I. The Panel’s determination shall be final and binding upon the Association and the Owner (subject only to Paragraph J below) and there shall be no right of appeal from such determination.

J. If the Panel makes a determination on an issue referred to in sub-paragraphs (A)(ii) or (iii) of this Section 4 the Association or the Owner may refer the issue back to the Panel, notwithstanding paragraph (I) above, if it considers that the position has materially changed since the Panel made its determination.

K. The costs of the Panel shall be paid by the Association.

L. Costs, indemnities and other sums payable to the Panel by the Association in relation to any Overspill Claim, whether the reference to the Panel has been made under Section 4 of this Rule 22 or under the Pooling Agreement, shall be deemed to be costs properly incurred by the Association in respect of that Overspill Claim for the purposes specified in sub-paragraph (B)(i) of Section 2 of this Rule.

A. If

i. the Directors shall at any time determine that funds are or may in future be required to pay part of an Overspill Claim (whether incurred by the Association or by any other party to the Pooling Agreement); and
ii. the Directors shall have made a declaration under Rule 25(C)(i) or 25(C)(iii) that a Policy Year shall remain open for the purpose of levying an Overspill Call or Calls in respect of that Overspill Claim, the Directors in their discretion, at any time or times after such declaration has been made, may levy one or more Overspill Calls in respect of that Overspill Claim in accordance with paragraph (B) below.

B. The Directors shall levy any such Overspill Call

i. on all Owners entered in the Association on the Overspill Claim Date in respect of ships entered by them at that time, notwithstanding the fact that, if the Overspill Claim Date shall be in a Policy Year in respect of which the Directors have made a declaration under Rule 25(C)(iii), any such ship may not have been entered in the Association at the time the relevant event occurred, and
ii. at such percentage of the Convention Limit of each such ship as the Directors in their discretion shall decide.

C. An Overspill Call shall not be levied in respect of any ship entered on the Overspill Claim Date with an overall limit of cover equal to or less than the Group Reinsurance Limit.

D. The Directors shall not levy on any Owner in respect of the entry of any one ship an Overspill Call or Calls in respect of any one Overspill Claim exceeding in the aggregate two and a half per cent (2.5%) of the Convention Limit of that ship. 

A. If

i. the Directors make a declaration in accordance with Rule 25 (C) (i) or 25 (C) (iii) that a Policy Year shall remain open for the purpose of levying an Overspill Call or Calls, and
ii. an Owner who is liable to pay any such Overspill Call or Calls as may be levied by the Directors in accordance with Section 5 of this Rule ceases or has ceased to be insured by the Association for any reason, or the Association determines that the insurance of any such Owner may cease the Managers may require such Owner to provide to the Association a guarantee or other security in respect of the Owner’s estimated future liability for such Overspill Call or Calls, such guarantee or other security to be provided in such form and amount (the “guarantee amount”) and by such date (the “due date”) and upon such terms as the Managers in their discretion may deem to be appropriate in the circumstances.

B. Unless and until such guarantee or other security as is required by the Managers has been provided by the Owner, the Owner shall not be entitled to recovery from the Association of any claims whatsoever and whensoever arising in respect of any and all vessels entered in the Association by it or on its behalf for any Policy Year.

C. If such guarantee or other security is not provided by the Owner to the Association by the due date, a sum equal to the guarantee amount shall be due and payable by the Owner to the Association on the due date, and shall be retained by the Association as a security deposit on such terms as the Managers in their discretion may deem to be appropriate in the circumstances.

D. The provision of a guarantee or other security as required by the Association (including a payment in accordance with paragraph (C) above) shall in no way restrict or limit the Owner’s liability to pay such Overspill Call or Calls as may be levied by the Directors in accordance with Section 5 of this Rule.