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Number 28 of 2021
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MARITIME JURISDICTION ACT 2021
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CONTENTS
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PART 1
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Preliminary and General
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Section
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1. Short title and commencement
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2. Interpretation
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3. Laying of orders before Houses of Oireachtas
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4. Repeals
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5. Expenses
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PART 2
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Baseline, Territorial Sea and Contiguous Zone, etc.
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6. Baseline
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7. Territorial sea
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8. Internal waters
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9. State sovereignty and ownership of territorial sea
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10. Jurisdiction in case of offence on foreign ship in territorial sea
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11. Prosecution for offence on foreign ship
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12. Contiguous zone
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PART 3
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Exclusive economic zone
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13. Exclusive economic zone
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14. Rights and jurisdiction of State in exclusive economic zone
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15. Criminal and civil jurisdiction of State in exclusive economic zone
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PART 4
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Continental shelf
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16. Continental shelf
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17. Designated area
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18. Rights and jurisdiction of State in designated area
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19. Civil and criminal jurisdiction of State in designated area
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PART 5
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Miscellaneous
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20. Construction of references and consequential amendments - territorial seas
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21. Evidence as to extent of internal waters, territorial sea, exclusive economic zone and continental shelf
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22. Offences committed on board Irish ship outside territorial sea
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23. Offence - directors and others of body corporate
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24. Prosecutions
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PART 6
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Amendments of other acts of Oireachtas
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25. Amendment of Act of 1968
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26. Amendment of National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1987
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27. Amendment of National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994
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28. Amendment of Dumping At Sea Act 1996
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29. Amendment of Taxes Consolidation Act 1997
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30. Amendment of Electricity Regulation Act 1999
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31. Amendment of Act of 2006
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32. Amendment of Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Act 2014
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33. Amendment of Minerals Development Act 2017
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SCHEDULE 1
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United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982
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SCHEDULE 2
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Consequential Amendments
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Acts Referred to
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Broadcasting (Offences) Act 1968
(No. 35)
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Civil Liability Act 1961
(No. 41)
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Continental Shelf Act 1968
(No. 14)
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Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000
(No. 28)
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Criminal Justice (Illicit Traffic by Sea) Act 2003
(No. 18)
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Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act 2001
(No. 50)
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Criminal Justice Act 1994
(No. 15)
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Customs Act 2015
(No. 18)
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Dumping At Sea Act 1996
(No. 14)
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Dumping at Sea Acts 1996 to 2009
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Electricity Regulation Act 1999
(No. 23)
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Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1995
(No. 35)
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Gas Act 1976
(No. 30)
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Inland Fisheries Act 2010
(No. 10)
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Maritime Jurisdiction Act 1959
(No. 22)
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Maritime Safety Act 2005
(No. 11)
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Maritime Security Act 2004
(No. 29)
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Mercantile Marine Act 1955
(No. 29)
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Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Act 2014
(No. 43)
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Merchant Shipping (Salvage and Wreck) Act 1993
(No. 34)
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Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 to 2015
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Minerals Development Act 2017
(No. 23)
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National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1987
(No. 17)
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National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994
(No. 17)
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Oil Pollution of the Sea (Civil Liability and Compensation) Act 1988
(No.11)
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Patents Act 1992
(No. 1)
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Petroleum and Other Minerals Development Act 1960
(No. 7)
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Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018
(No. 16)
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Prohibition of Incitement to Hatred Act 1989
(No. 19)
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Sea Pollution (Amendment) Act 1999
(No. 18)
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Sea Pollution (Hazardous Substances) (Compensation) Act 2005
(No. 9)
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Sea Pollution (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006
(No. 29)
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Sea Pollution Act 1991
(No. 27)
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Sea Pollution Acts 1991 to 2014
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Sea-Fisheries Acts 2003 to 2019
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Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006
(No. 8)
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Taxes Consolidation Act 1997
(No. 39)
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Trade Marks Act 1996
(No. 6)
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Wildlife Act 1976
(No. 39)
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Number 28 of 2021
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MARITIME JURISDICTION ACT 2021
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An Act to make provision in respect of the maritime jurisdiction of the State and for that purpose to give effect to certain provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, done at Montego Bay on 10 December 1982; to provide for the repeal of
sections 2
and
3
of the
Continental Shelf Act 1968
and Part 3 of the
Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006
; and to provide for related matters.
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[22nd July, 2021]
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Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows:
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