The Continental Shelf (Designation of Areas) Order 2013

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 2013/3162

2013 No. 3162

Continental Shelf

The Continental Shelf (Designation of Areas) Order 2013

Made 11th December 2013

Coming into force 31th March 2014

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 11th day of December 2013

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 1(7) of the Continental Shelf Act 19641, section 3(3) of the Territorial Sea Act 19872and of 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 Continental Shelf (Designation...

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Continental Shelf (Designation of Areas) Order 2013, and comes into force on 31st March 2014.

(2) The Continental Shelf (Designation of Areas) (Consolidation) Order 20003and the Continental Shelf (Designation of Areas) Order 20014are revoked.

(3) In respect of the matters referred to in section 2(4) of the Territorial Sea Act 1987 (which continues in effect certain regulations and licences relating to petroleum), the Continental Shelf (Designation of Areas) Orders 1964 to 19825shall continue to have effect as they had effect immediately before the coming into force of the Territorial Sea Act 1987.

(4) The coordinates in the Schedules to this Order are defined on the World Geodetic System 1984 Datum (WGS84).

S-2 The areas which are designated as areas within which the rights...

2. The areas which are 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 are:

(a) The area designated under section 41(3) of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 20096(the exclusive economic zone), except that between points 177 and 184 inclusive the area shall extend only to the line described in Schedule A to this Order; and

(b) The area bounded by the lines defined in Schedule B to this Order.

Richard Tilbrook

Clerk of the Privy Council

SCHEDULE A

Article 2(a)

SCHEDULE A

Column2

Column 2

Point No.

Latitude

Longitude

Line Type to following point

176

60° 24’.077N

004° 44’.272W

Geodesic

224

60° 21’.101N

004° 56’.672W

Geodesic

225

60° 18’.754N

005° 24’.195W

Geodesic

226

59° 56’.450N

009° 00’.660W

Geodesic

227

60° 00’.951N

010° 20’.853W

Geodesic

228

60° 02’.137N

010° 50’.778W

Geodesic

183

60° 02’.833N

011° 16’.458W

SCHEDULE B

Article 2(b)

SCHEDULE B

Column 1

Column 2

Point No.

Latitude

Longitude

Line Type to following point

185

60° 09’.031N

013° 16’.199W

Loxodrome

229

59° 58’.325665N

020° 24’.889406W

Geodesic

230

59° 24’.543779N

021° 24’.656972W

Geodesic

231

58° 52’.437949N

022° 20’.273917W

Geodesic

232

58° 20’.486754N

023° 19’.046509W

Geodesic

233

58° 19’.751655N

023° 20’.328764W

Geodesic

234

58° 19’.005168N

023° 21’.586630W

Geodesic

235

58° 18’.247566N

023° 22’.819838W

Geodesic

236

58° 17’.479049N

023° 24’.027982W

Geodesic

237

58° 16’.699889N

023° 25’.210659W

Geodesic

238

58° 15’.910289N

023° 26’.367869W

Geodesic

239

58° 15’.110449N

023° 27’.498937W

Geodesic

240

58° 14’.300642N

023° 28’.603730W

Geodesic

241

58° 13’.481072N

023° 29’.681978W

Geodesic

242

58° 12’.651940N

023° 30’.733411W

Geodesic

243

58° 11’.813590N

023° 31’.757626W

Geodesic

244

58° 10’.966227N

023° 32’.754486W

Geodesic

245

58° 10’.110052N

023° 33’.723723W

Geodesic

246

58° 09’.245341N

023° 34’.665068W

Geodesic

247

58° 08’.372369N

023° 35’.578250W

Geodesic

248

58° 07’.491338N

023° 36’.463001W

Geodesic

249

58° 06’.602598N

023° 37’.319185W

Geodesic

250

58° 05’.706280N

023° 38’.146534W

Geodesic

251

58° 04’.802662N

023° 38’.944912W

Geodesic

252

58° 03’.892091N

023° 39’.714184W

Geodesic

253

58° 02’.974844N

023° 40’.453946W

Geodesic

254

58° 02’.051057N

023° 41’.164199W

Geodesic

255

58° 01’.121008N

023° 41’.844673W

Geodesic

256

58° 01’.062803N

023° 41’.885232W

Geodesic

257

57° 28’.000000N

025° 08’.122804W

Parallel of latitude

258

57° 28’.00N

023° 57’.40W

Meridian of longitude

259

57° 22’.00N

023° 57’.40W

Parallel of latitude

260

57° 22’.00N

021° 32’.00W

Meridian of longitude

261

57° 14’.00N

021° 32’.00W

Parallel of latitude

262

57° 14’.00N

019° 30’.00W

Meridian of longitude

263

57° 05’.50N

019° 30’.00W

Parallel of latitude

264

57° 05’.50N

017° 24’.00W

Meridian of longitude

265

56° 56’.00N

017° 24’.00W

Parallel of latitude

266

56° 56’.00N

015° 36’.00W

Meridian of longitude

267

56° 49’.00N

015° 36’.00W

Parallel of latitude

268

56° 49’.00000N

014° 30’.57261W

268 to 186 are joined by a line every point of which is 200 nautical miles from the nearest point on the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is measured.

186

56° 34’.63126N

014° 19’.86168W

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order replaces the two extant Orders made under section 1(7) of the Continental Shelf Act 1964, designating the areas of the continental shelf within which the rights of the United Kingdom with respect to the seabed and subsoil and their natural resources are exercisable. Under the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009, an exclusive economic zone (which may extend to 200 nautical miles from coastal baselines) is being declared around the United Kingdom on 31 March 2014, and it is therefore more appropriate that the areas designated under section 1(7) of the 1964 Act should be the same as those which form part of the exclusive economic zone, together with any areas of continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles from the United Kingdom’s baselines within which the United Kingdom may exercise such rights.

In relation to regulations made and licences issued under the legislation relating to petroleum, Article 1(3) of this Order preserves their effect in relation to areas designated as continental shelf under Orders made under section 1(7) of the Continental Shelf Act 1964 prior to the enactment of the Territorial Sea Act.

Article 2(a) of this Order designates the area of the United Kingdom’s continental shelf resulting from the treaties with Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands and Norway. The exception in Article 2(a) reflects the fact that in the agreement with Denmark relating to the Faroe Islands the continental shelf and exclusive economic zone boundaries differ. It has been agreed with all the States concerned that the coordinates defining the continental shelf boundaries should be expressed in the World Geodetic System 1984 datum (WGS 84).

The treaties in question are:

(a) Belgium: Agreement of 29 May 1991, Exchange of Letters of 21 March and 7 June 2005 and Exchange of Letters of 25 June and 12 August 2013 (Cm 2499, Cm 7204 and Cm 8723);

(b) Denmark: Agreement of 25 November 1971 and Exchange of Notes of 22 October 2009 (relating to the North Sea) (Cnmd 5193 and Cm 7893);

Agreement of 18 May 1999 and Protocol of 25 April 2012 (relating to the Faroe Islands) (Cm 4514 and Cm 8570));

(c) France: Agreements of 24 June 1982 and 23 July 1991 and Exchange of Letters of 20 April 2011 (Cm 8859, Cm 1979 and Cm 8146); note that the continental shelf boundary between the United Kingdom and France was in part fixed by the Decisions of a Court of Arbitration dated 30 June 1977 and 14 March 1978 (Cmnd 7438);

(d) Germany: Agreement of 25 November 1971 (Cmnd 5192);

(e) Ireland: Agreement of 7 November 1988, Protocol of 8 December 1992 and Agreement of 28 March 2013 (Cm 990, Cm...

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