Brunei Darussalam Fishery Limits Act (No. 5 of 1983 Chapter 130)

LAWS OF BRUNEI CHAPTER 130 BRUNEI DARUSSALAM FISHERY LIMITS 5 of 1983 Amended by S 25/09 REVISED EDITION 2012 B.L.R.O. 5/2012 LAWS OF BRUNEI Brunei Darussalam Fishery Limits B.L.R.O. 5/2012 1CAP. 130 LAWS OF BRUNEI REVISED EDITION 2012 CHAPTER 130 BRUNEI DARUSSALAM FISHERY LIMITS ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS Section 1. Citation. 2. Interpretation. 3. Brunei Darussalam fishery limits. 4. (Repealed). LAWS OF BRUNEI Brunei Darussalam Fishery Limits B.L.R.O. 5/2012 3CAP. 130 BRUNEI DARUSSALAM FISHERY LIMITS ACT An Act to declare Brunei Darussalam fishery limits Commencement: 1st January 1983 Citation. 1. This Act may be cited as the Brunei Darussalam Fishery Limits Act. Interpretation. 2. In this Act — “fish” includes any of the varieties of marine brackish water or fresh water fishes, crustacea, aquatic mollusca, marine sponges, trepang and other acquatic life, but does not include turtles or their eggs; “fishing boat” means any vessel for the time being employed in fishing operations or any operations ancillary thereto; “miles” means international nautical miles of 1,852 metres. Brunei Darussalam fishery limits. 3. (1) Subject to the following provisions of this section, Brunei Darussalam fishery limits extend to 200 miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea adjacent to Brunei Darussalam is measured. (2) Pending the making of an order as provided in subsection (3), and without prejudice to any claim to wider limits of Brunei Darussalam in accordance with international law, as a transitional measure, where the median line, as hereinafter defined, is less than 200 miles from the baseline referred to in subsection (1), Brunei Darussalam fishery limits shall extend to the median line. The median line is a line, every point of which is equidistant from the nearest point of, on the one hand, the baselines referred to in subsection (1) and, on the other hand, the coresponding baselines of other countries. LAWS OF BRUNEI Brunei Darussalam Fishery Limits4 CAP. 130 (3) His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan in Council* may by order declare the Brunei Darussalam fishery limits extend to such other line as may be specified in the Act. (4) References to Brunei Darussalam fishery limits in the Fisheries Act (Chapter 61) (repealed by the Fisheries Order, 2009 (S 25/09)) or in any other written law for the time being in force are to the limits set by or under this section. 4. (Repealed). [S 25/09] * Transferred to His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan — [S 14/88] LAWS OF BRUNEI Brunei Darussalam Fishery Limits CAP. 130 SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION TABLE OF CONTENTS Order O 1 Brunei Darussalam Fishery Limits Order S 13/88 BRUNEI DARUSSALAM FISHERY LIMITS ACT (CHAPTER 130) BRUNEI DARUSSALAM FISHERY LIMITS ORDER S 13/88 REVISED EDITION 2012 B.L.R.O. 5/2012 LAWS OF BRUNEI Brunei Darussalam Fishery Limits B.L.R.O. 5/2012 1CAP. 130, O 1 [Subsidiary] SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION BRUNEI DARUSSALAM FISHERY LIMITS ORDER ARRANGEMENT OF PARAGRAPHS Paragraph 1. Citation. 2. Brunei Darussalam fishery limits. 3. Large scale map. LAWS OF BRUNEI Brunei Darussalam Fishery Limits B.L.R.O. 5/2012 3CAP. 130, O 1 [Subsidiary] SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION Order made under section 3(3) BRUNEI DARUSSALAM FISHERY LIMITS ORDER Commencement: 28th May 1988 Citation. 1. This Acts may be cited as the Brunei Darussalam Fishery Limits Order. Brunei Darussalam fishery limits. 2. Pursuant to section 3(3), the Brunei Darussalam fishery limits shall be — (a) an outer-limit consisting of a line 200 miles distant from the baseline from which the breadth of the territorial sea of Brunei Darussalam is measured; (b) a lateral boundary with the adjoining territory of Sabah, consisting of the same boundary as was promulgated for the continental shelf of North Borneo by Order-in-Council of 11th September 1958 (S. 1 1958 No. 1517) but continued out to the 200-mile limit by a straight line; (c) a lateral boundary with the adjoining territory of Sarawak, consisting of the same boundary as was promulgated for the continental shelf of Sarawak by Order-in-Council of 11th September 1958 (S. 1 1958 No. 1518) but continued out to the 200-mile limit by a straight line. Large scale map. 3. The limits indicated in paragraph 2 are depicted on a large scale map Series: Misc. 1 Edition: 1 JUAB Sheet 3 which is deposited in the office of the Surveyor General.