Continental Shelf (Designation of Additional Areas) Order 1982
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1982/1072 |
| Year | 1982 |
1982 No. 1072
CONTINENTAL SHELF
The Continental Shelf (Designation of Additional Areas) Order 198230thJuly 1982
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 30th day of July 1982
Present,
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Whereas by the Continental Shelf (Designation of Areas) Orders 1964 to 1979(a), 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 it is expedient that further such areas should be so designated:
Now, therefore Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by section 1(7) of the Continental Shelf Act 1964(b) 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 (Designation of Additional Areas) Order 1982.
(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 1982.
2. The areas defined in the Schedule to this Order are hereby designated as areas within which the rights of the United Kingdom outside territorial waters with respect to the sea bed and subsoil and their natural resources are exercisable.
N. E. Leigh, Clerk of the Privy Council
(a) S.I. 1964/697, 1965/1531, 1968/891, 1971/594, 1974/1489, 1976/1153, 1977/1871, 1978/178, 1029, 1979/1447.
(b) 1964 c.29.
SCHEDULE
The following are the areas to which Article 2 of this Order applies:
(A) The area bounded by a line joining the following co-ordinates on European Datum:
(1) 50°07′29″ N; 00°30′00″ W
(2) 50°13′13″ N; 00°15′30″ W
(3) 50°14′12″ N; 00°02′14″ E
(4) 50°19′41″ N; 00°36′12″ E
(5) 50°23′22″ N; 00°46′39″ E
(6) 50°38′38″ N; 01°07′26″ E;
(7) 50°47′50″ N; 01°15′28″ E;
(8) 50°53′47″ N; 01°16′58″ E;
(9) 50°57′00″ N; 01°21′25″ E;
(10) 51°02′19″ N; 01°32′53″ E;
(11) 51°05′58″ N; 01°43′31″ E;
(12) 51°14′27″ N; 01°57′18″ E;
(13) 51°19′38″ N; 02°01′48″ E;
(14) 51°30′14″ N; 02°06′51″ E;
and the co-ordinates numbered (42), (43), (44), (45), (46) and (47) in Article 2 of the Continental Shelf (Designation of Areas) Order 1964, thence following the seaward limits of territorial waters to the co-ordinates numbered (27) in the Schedule to the Continental Shelf (Designation of Additional Areas) Order 1965...
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