Claim to Montserrat’s Continental Shelf Proclamation

Fisheries CAP. 9.01 35 Revision Date: 1 Jan 2002 [Subsidiary] LAWS OF MONTSERRAT FISHERY LIMITS PROCLAMATION – SECTION 2 (S.R.O.s 4/1983 and 27/1983) 1. With effect from the 1st day of February, 1983, the fishery limits of Montserrat shall be a line drawn so that each point thereon is two hundred (200) nautical miles measured from the low-water mark of the coast of Montserrat: Provided that in the event of such line intersecting a line drawn similarly by any other State or Territory, the fishery limits of Montserrat shall be a medium line (or such other line as may be agreed between Her Majesty’s Government and the Government of such State or Territory) drawn between the limits of the territorial waters of Montserrat and the territorial waters of such State or Territory. (Amended by S.R.O. 27/1983) 2. Her Majesty will exercise the same exclusive rights in respect of fisheries within the said fishery limits as she has in respect of fisheries within the territorial waters of Montserrat, subject to such provision as may be made by law for the control and regulation of fishing within the said limits. CLAIM TO MONTSERRAT’S CONTINENTAL SHELF PROCLAMATION (S.R.O. 2/1986) 1. The rights of a coastal state with respect to the adjacent seabed and subsoil and their natural resources outside territorial waters are vested, in respect of Montserrat, in the Crown in the right of the Government of Montserrat. 2. (a) The area within which grants in respect of such rights may be made by the Crown and activities may in connection with such grants be regulated may be designated by further Proclamations. (b) The area defined in sub-paragraph (a) may be varied, and additional areas may be designated as areas within which such grants may be made, by further Proclamations. 3. Every such grant shall be made and activities in connection with it shall be regulated in accordance with the laws made in that behalf for Montserrat.