Statutory Instrument 1989 No. 482

      The Territorial Sea (Limits) Order 1989

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1989No. 482

TERRITORIAL SEA

The Territorial Sea (Limits) Order 1989


 
Made 15th March 1989
Coming into force 6th April 1989

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 15th day of March 1989

Present,

The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

    Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by section 1(2) of the Territorial Sea Act 1987[1] , is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered as follows:
        1.    This Order may be cited as the Territorial Sea (Limits) Order 1989 and shall come into force on 6th April 1989.
        2.    The seaward limit of the territorial sea adjacent to the United Kingdom between Point 1 and Point 6 indicated in the Schedule to this Order shall consist of a series of straight lines joining, in the sequence given, Points 1 to 6 indicated in the Schedule to this Order.
        3.    The seaward limit of the territorial sea adjacent to the United Kingdom shall be the median line where the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea adjacent to the United Kingdom is measured are less than 24 nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea adjacent to the Isle of Man is measured.
        4.    In this Order-
       (a) "straight line" means a loxodromic line;
       (b) all positions given by means of co-ordinates are defined on European Datum (1st Adjustment 1950);
       (c) "median line" is a line every point of which is equidistant from the nearest points of the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea adjacent to the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man respectively is measured.
        5.    The Territorial Sea (Limits) Order 1987[2] is hereby revoked.

G. I. de Deney

Clerk of the Privy Council
 
 
 

Notes:
 

[1] 1987 c. 49. back

[2] S.I. 1987/1269. back