Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2021
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PART 3 Exclusive economic zone | ||
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Exclusive economic zone | ||
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13. (1) The exclusive economic zone of the State is that portion of the sea that lies between the outer limit of the territorial sea and the outer limit of the exclusive economic zone. | ||
(2) The Government may by order prescribe the line of delimitation of a part of the exclusive economic zone of the State in accordance with article 74 of the Convention. | ||
(3) The Maritime Jurisdiction (Boundaries of Exclusive Economic Zone) Order 2014 ( S.I. No. 86 of 2014 ) shall continue in operation and have effect on and after the commencement of paragraph (b) of section 4 as if made under this section, and may be amended or revoked accordingly. | ||
(4) In this section “outer limit of the exclusive economic zone” means— | ||
(a) the line every point of which is at a distance of 200 nautical miles from the nearest point of the baseline, | ||
(b) in relation to a part of the exclusive economic zone to which an order under subsection (2) for the time being applies, the line of delimitation prescribed by that order, or | ||
(c) in relation to a part of the exclusive economic zone to which the Order referred to in subsection (3) for the time being applies, the boundaries of the exclusive economic zone of the State described in articles 2 and 3 of that Order. |