Continental Shelf (Designation of Areas) Order 1997 (S.I. No. 268 of 1997)

Statutory Instrument 1997 No. 268 file:///D/HTML/uk14770.htm[16.01.2025 11:26:00] Statutory Instrument 1997 No. 268 The Continental Shelf (Designation of Areas) Order 1997 © Crown Copyright 1997 All Crown Copyrights are reserved. The following are concessions. Individuals are authorised to download this text to file or printer for their own individual use. Reproduction of the text for the purpose of developing and publishing value-added products is also allowed, without prior permission or charge, provided reproduction is accurate, not malicious and is accompanied by an acknowledgment of Crown copyright. Any other proposed reproduction requires the consent of the Copyright Unit at Her Majesty's Stationery Office. For more details on the reproduction of Crown and Parliamentary copyright material, see the latest Her Majesty's Stationery Office Dear Publisher letter. The text of this Internet version of the Statutory Instrument has been prepared to reflect the text as it was Made. The authoritative version is in printed form and is published by The Stationery Office Limited as the The Continental Shelf (Designation of Areas) Order 1997, ISBN 0 11 063912 X, £1.10 sterling. For details of how to obtain a printed copy see How to obtain The Stationery Office Limited titles. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS 1997 No. 268 CONTINENTAL SHELF The Continental Shelf (Designation of Areas) Order 1997 Made 12th February 1997 At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 12th day of February 1997 Present, The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council Whereas by the Continental Shelf (Designation of Areas) Orders 1964 to 1993[1] certain areas are designated as areas within which the rights of the United Kingdom with respect to the sea bed and subsoil and their natural resources may be exercised: And whereas it is expedient that a further such area should be so designated: Now, therefore, Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 1(7) of the Continental Shelf Act 1964[2] and 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: file:///publet.htm#crown-value-added file:///copy.htm file:///publet.htm file:///publet.htm http://www.the-stationery-office.co.uk/publicat/obtain/obtain.htm http://www.the-stationery-office.co.uk/publicat/obtain/obtain.htm Statutory Instrument 1997 No. 268 file:///D/HTML/uk14770.htm[16.01.2025 11:26:00] 1 . - (1) This Order may be cited as the Continental Shelf (Designation of Areas) Order 1997. (2) This Order and the Orders recited in the preamble to this Order may be cited together as the Continental Shelf (Designation of Areas) Orders 1964 to 1997. 2 . The area defined in the Schedule to this Order is hereby designated as an area 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. N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council SCHEDULE Article 2 Article 2 of this Order applies to the area bounded by a line joining the following co ordinates on European Datum (1) 60° 40'00" N 4° 24'00" W (2) 60° 40'00" N 4° 00'00" W and the co-ordinates numbered (24) and (25) in the Schedule to the Continental Shelf (Designation of Additional Areas) Order 1982, and thence to the co-ordinates numbered (1) in this Schedule. EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Order) This Order designates a further area of the continental shelf north-west of the Shetland Islands as an area within which the rights of the United Kingdom with respect to the sea bed and subsoil and their natural resources are exercisable. Notes: [1] S.I. 1964/697, 1965/1531, 1968/891, 1971/594, 1974/1489, 1976/1153, 1977/1871, 1978/178, 1029, 1979/1447, 1982/1072, 1987/1265, 1989/2398, 1993/599, 1993/1782. back [2] 1964 c. 29. back ISBN 0 11 063912 X Statutory Instrument 1997 No. 268 file:///D/HTML/uk14770.htm[16.01.2025 11:26:00]