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Marine Spaces (Territorial Seas) (Rotuma and Its Dependencies) (Amendment) Order, 2012 (L.N. No. 82 of 2012)

Made 2012-10-31 · Text as of 2026-10-01

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Fiji
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Sea
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maritime zone, territorial sea, sovereignty, maritime boundaries

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  1. 347 GOVERNMENT OF FIJI GAZETTE SUPPLEMENT No. 40 FRIDAY, 9th NOVElVIDER 2012 [LEGAL NOTICE No. 82] l\lARI.t~E SPACES ACT (CAP . 158A) Marine Spaces (Territorial Seas) (Rotuma and its Dependencies) (Amendment) Order 2012 IN exercise of the powers confened upon me by section 4 of the Marine Spaces Act (Cap. 158A) and in accordance with the rules of international law, 1 hereby make the following Order Short title and commencement 1. This Order may be cited as the Marine Spaces (Tenitorial Seas) (Rotuma and its Dependencies) (Amendment) Order 2012, and shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Gazette. 2. The Marine Spaces (Territorial Seas) (Rotuma and its Dependencies) Order shall be refened to as the "Plincipal Order". Order 2 amended 3. Order 2 of the Plincipal Order is amended by deleting (a) "World Geodetic System 1972 (WGS72) datum;' and substituting "International Tenestrial Reference System 2005 (lTRS2005) Geodetic Datum"; and ( b) ,. , plus 3 seconds of latitude and plus 2 seconds of longitude in each case". Schedule amended 4. T he Schedule to the Principal Order is deleted and substituted with the following :\0. 70 71 72 7~ '-"" 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 "SCHEDULE (Order 2) ROTUMA AND ITS DEPENDL,1\,fCIES ARCHIPELAGO Latitude (lTRS2005) Longitude (lTRS2005) Reference 12° 31 ' 15.61" S 177° 8' 57.06" E Northern funher most point of Afgaha Island 12° 30' 14.40" S 177~ 8' 44.70" E Eastern point on reef off Marama Point 12° 29' 49.01" S 177° 8' 31.49" E Point on the reef off Paptea Point 12° 29 ' 42.31-' S 177° S· 27.73" E Point on the reef off Ohu Point 12' 29 ' 38.60" S 177' 8 ' 25.51" E Point on the reef off Ohu Point 12° 28 ' 38.33-- S 177° ..,. 31.81" E )iorth Point along reef on Hautiu Island i 12° 28' 37.82" S 177' .." 31.14" E North Point along reef on Hautiu Island f 12' 27' 42.76" S 176" 59' 29 .16" E Northeast Point along reef on Uea Island 12° 27' 42 .90" S 176° 59' 15.67" E Northwest Point along reef on Uea bland 12° 27' 43.18" S 176° 59 ' 14.86" E )iorthwest Point along reef on Uea Island 12° 28 ' 7.54" S 176' 58 ' 15 .96" E North Point along reef all Hafhaveiag Island 348 81 12" 28' 7,72" S 176" 58' 15.52" E Northwest Point along reef on Hafhaveiag Island x2 12° 29 ' -1-3.14" S 176" 56' 6.39" E N'arth Point along reef on Hofliua Island g" ".:> 12.':1 29~ -+3 .67 " S 17&" 56' 5.65" E N'orth Point along reef on Hofliua Island 84 12' 29 ' ,+6.00" S 1760 56 ' 2 63' ~ E N'orthwes( Point along reef on Hofliua Island 85 12" 29' -1-6.26" S [7&' 56 ' 2A5" E N'orthwest Point along ree f 0n Hofl iua bland 86 12° 29 ' -1-7.53" S 176" 56' 1. 93" E West Poillt al,)ug reef on Hofllua Island 87 12° 29' 48.79" S 176" 56' 1.62" E West Poill! along reef on Hofliua Island 88 1'0 £. 29 ' -1-8.87" S 1760 56' 1.62" E West Point along reef on Hoftiua IS[,llld 89 12" 29 ' 49.70" S 176' 56' 1.86" E West Point alollg reef on Hoftiua Island 90 120 29' -1-9.96" S 176° 56' 1. 97" E \Vest Poillt along reef on Hofliua Island 9[ 12° 29' 52.99" S 176' 56' 3.71 ~, r:. Southwest PoiHt along reef on Hoftiua Islan d 92 12° 29' 54.26" S 17(," 56' 4.6-1-" E Southwest P01]]( along reef on Hofliua Island 93 12° 29' 54.-1-1" S 176° 56' -k83 " E Southwest Poil!( along reef on Hofliua Island 94 12° 29' 54.69" S 176° 56' 5.20" E Southwest Point along ree.f on Hoftiua Island 95 12° 29' 54.82" S 176° 56' 5.45" E Southwesl Point along reef on Hoftiua I,lalld 96 12° 29 ' 55.22" S 176° 56' 6.46" E Southwest Poim along reef on Hotliua Island 97 12' 29' 56.03" S 176' 56' R86" E South Point along re.er on Hofiiua Island 98 12° 31 ' 21.23" S 177° l' 56.88" E Point on the reef off Anmosega Point 99 12" 31' 42.08" S 177° 5' 10.92" E Point along reef Southwest of Soinohu Island 100 12° 31' 51.19" S 177° 8' 17.72" E Point along reef South of Ututu Village 101 12° 31" 44 .22" S 177° S· 52.88" E Point along reef South of Afgalm Island 102 120 31 . 41.77" S 177° 8' 54 .45" E Point along reef Sout.'1 of Afgaha Island 103 12° 31 ' 37.81" S 177° 8' 56.12" E Point along reef South of Afgaha Island 104 12° 31 ' 31.62" S 177° 8 ' 56.82" E Point along reef South of Afgaha Island" Made this 31st day of October 2012. 1. KUBUABOLA Minister for Foreign Affairs and Intemational Co-operation [LEGAL NOTICE No. 831 MARINE SPACES ACT (CA.?, 158A) Marine Spaces (Archipelagic Baselines and Exclusive Economic Zone) (Amendment) Order 2012 1.N exercise of the powers conferred upon me by sections 4 and 6 of the l\'larine Spaces Act (Cap. 158A), I hereby make the follo\ving Order Short title and CO/1unencement 1. This Order may be cited as the Marine Spaces (Archipelagic Baselines and Exclusive Economic Zone) (Amendment) Order 2012, and shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Gazette. 2, The Marine Spaces (Archipelagic Baselines and Exclusive Economic Zone) Order shall be referred to as the "Plincipal Order". Amendment to all references to "paragraph" in the Principal Order 3. The Principal Order is amended by deleting "paragraph" wherever it appears and substinlting '·Order".

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