Continental Shelf (Designated Areas) (Extended Territorial Sea) Order 1987
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1987/1265 |
1987 No. 1265
CONTINENTAL SHELF
The Continental Shelf (Designated Areas) (Extended Territorial Sea) Order 1987
Made 21th July 1987
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 21st day of July 1987
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Whereas by the Continental Shelf (Designation of Areas) Orders 1964 to 19821, certain areas outside the territorial waters of the United Kingdom are designated as areas within which the rights of the United Kingdom with respect to the sea bed and subsoil and their natural resources may be exercised:
And whereas parts of the areas so designated will fall within the seaward limits of the territorial sea as established by or under the Territorial Sea Act 19872;
Now, therefore Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by section 1(7) of the Continental Shelf Act 19643, section 3(3) of the Territorial Sea Act 1987 and all other powers enabling Her in that behalf, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Continental Shelf (Designated Areas) (Extended Territorial Sea) Order 1987 and shall come into force on 1st October 1987.
(2) This Order and the Orders recited in the preamble to this Order may be cited together as the Continental Shelf (Designation of Areas) Orders 1964 to 1987.
2. Subject to Article 3 of this Order, the Continental Shelf (Designation of Areas) Orders 1964 to 1982 shall have effect without change, except that no part of the sea or sea bed and subsoil within the seaward limits of the territorial sea as extended by or under the Territorial Sea Act 1987 shall be regarded as forming part of a designated area.
3. In respect of the matters referred to in section 2(3) and (4) of the Territorial Sea Act 1987 (which continue in effect certain legislation and instruments relating to coal and petroleum), the Continental Shelf (Designation of Areas) Orders 1964 to 1982 shall continue to have effect as they had effect immediately before the coming into force of the Territorial Sea Act 1987.
G.I. de Deney
Clerk of the Privy Council
(This note is not part of the Order)
Parts of the areas designated under section 1(7) of the Continental Shelf Act 1964 as areas...
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