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Territorial Sea (Amendment) Order 1998

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JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 1998/2564
Year1998

1998 No. 2564

TERRITORIAL SEA

The Territorial Sea (Amendment) Order 1998

Made 21th October 1998

Coming into force 15th November 1998

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 21st day of October 1998

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by section 1(1)(b) of the Territorial Sea Act 19871and 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:

S-1 This Order may be cited as the Territorial Sea (Amendment)...

1. This Order may be cited as the Territorial Sea (Amendment) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 15th November 1998.

S-2 For the Schedule to the Territorial Waters Order in Council...

2. For the Schedule to the Territorial Waters Order in Council 19642there shall be substituted the Schedule set out below:

S-3 The positions of points 1 to 28 are defined by co-ordinates of...

3. The positions of points 1 to 28 are defined by co-ordinates of latitude and longitude on the Ordnance Survey of Great Britain (1936) Datum (OSGB 36).

S-4 The Territorial Sea (Amendment) Order 1996 is hereby revoked.

The Territorial Sea (Amendment) Order 1996 is hereby revoked.

4. The Territorial Sea (Amendment) Order 19963is hereby revoked.

N. H. Nicholls

Clerk of the Privy Council

SCHEDULE

POINTS BETWEEN CAPE WRATH AND LAGGAN JOINED BY GEODESICS TO FORM BASELINES

Latitude North

Longitude West

Name of Feature

1.

58°37'40"

05°00'13"

Cape Wrath

2.

58°31'12"

06°15'41"

Lith-Sgeir

3.

58°30'44"

06°16'55"

Gealltiug

4.

58°29'09"

06°20'17"

Dell Rock

5.

58°18'28"

06°47'45"

Tiumpan Head

6.

58°17'36"

06°52'43"

Màs Sgeir

7.

58°17'09"

06°55'20"

Old Hill

8.

58°14'30"

07°02'06"

Gallan Head

9.

58°14'01"

07°02'57"

Islet SW of Gallan Head

10.

58°10'39"

07°06'54"

Eilean Molach

11.

57°59'08"

07°17'42"

Gasker

12.

57°41'19"

07°43'13"

Haskeir Eagach

13.

57°32'22"

07°43'58"

Huskeiran

14.

57°14'33"

07°27'44"

Rubha Ardvule

15.

57°00'50"

07°31'42"

Greuab Head

16.

56°58'07"

07°33'24"

Doirlinn Head

17.

56°56'57"

07°34'17"

Aird a'Chaolais

18.

56°56'05"

07°34'55"

Biruaslum

19.

56°49'21"

07°39'32"

Guarsay Mor

20.

56°48'00"

07°39'57"

Sron an Duin

21.

56°47'07"

07°39'36"

Skate Point

22.

56°19'17"

07°07'02"

Skerryvore

23.

56°07'58"

06°38'00"

Dubh Artach

24.

55°41'36"

06°32'02"

Frenchman’s Rocks

25.

55°40'24"

06°30'59"

Orsay Island

26.

55°35'24"

06°20'18"

Mull of Oa

27.

55°17'57"

05°47'54"

Mull of Kintyre

28.

54°58'29"

05°11'07"

Laggan

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Schedule to the Territorial Waters Order in Council 1964 by adding a new baseline between the Mull of Kintyre and Laggan, as well as by making minor changes to points 5, 9 and 22, which result from the publication of a new larger scale chart of the area.

(1) 1987 c. 49.
(2) 1965 III, p. 6452A; revised Schedules were substituted by the Territorial Waters (Amendment) Order in Council 1979 and the Territorial Sea (Amendment) Order 1996.
(3) S.I.1996/1628.

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