S.I. No.
657/2001 — Continental Shelf (Designated Areas) Order, 2001
S.I. No. 657/2001 — Continental
Shelf (Designated Areas) Order, 2001 2001
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S.I. No. 657 of 2001
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Continental Shelf (Designated Areas)
Order, 2001
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The Government, in exercise of the powers
conferred on them by section 2(3) of the Continental Shelf Act, 1968 (No.14
of 1968) , hereby make the following order:
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1. This
Order may be cited as the Continental Shelf (Designated Areas) Order 2001.
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2. The
area set out in paragraph 1 of the Schedule to this Order is
hereby designated as an area within which the rights of the State outside
the territorial seas over the sea bed and subsoil for the purpose of
exploring such sea bed and subsoil and exploiting their natural resources
are exercisable.
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SCHEDULE
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1. The
area bounded by -
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(a) two direct
lines (a parallel of latitude and a geodesic respectively) joining the
following points, in the sequence given in the following table:
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TABLE
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Reference number
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1
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the point where the seaward limit of the
territorial seas meets the parallel of latitude 53°46'N
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Latitude
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Longitude
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2
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53° 46' 00.00” N
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05° 22' 00.00” W
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C
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53° 52' 13.42” N
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05° 49' 33.47” W
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(b) the line of the
seaward limit of the territorial sea from the point deemed to be specified
at reference C in subparagraph (a) of this paragraph southwards to the point
deemed to be specified at reference 1 of that subparagraph.
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2. (a) For
the purpose of paragraph 1(a) of this Schedule there shall be
deemed to be specified at each of the references 2 and C a point being the
point where the co-ordinates of latitude and longitude mentioned at that
reference meet.
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(b) The points deemed
to be specified at references 1 to 2 and 2 to C in paragraph 1(a)
are defined by co-ordinates of latitude and longitude on World Geodetic
System 1984 datum (WGS 1984).
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Given under the Official Seal of the
Government,
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Bertie Ahern
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this 18th day of December, 2001
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
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(This note is not part of the
Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)
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This Order provides for the designation of an
additional area of the Continental Shelf beyond that designated in SI 92 of 1993, in which the rights of the State in
regard to the natural resources of the sea bed and subsoil of the
Continental Shelf may be exercised.
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