Updated to 27 March 2025 (Act No. 1 of 2025 and S.I. No. 95 of 2025)
Continental Shelf Act 1968
No. 14 of 1968
Contents
Commencement
| Section | Commencement Date | Commencement Information |
|---|---|---|
| Whole Act | 11 June 1968 | Commenced on enactment |
Amendments and other effects
| How Affected | Affecting Provision |
|---|---|
| Saving for. | 30/1976, ss. 1(2), 41(3) |
| Trans of functns. under. | S.I. No. 9 of 1980 |
| S.I. No. 429 of 1997 | |
| S. 1 amended | 28/2021, ss. 1(2), 25 |
| 35/1995, s. 4(1) | |
| S. 1 appl. | 1/1992, ss. 1(2), 117 |
| 28/2000, ss. 1(2), 185, 290 | |
| S. 1 def. ins. | 18/1987, ss. 1(2), 48(3) |
| S. 2 repealed | 28/2021, ss. 1(2), 4(a) |
| S. 3 repealed | 28/2021, ss. 1(2), 4(a) |
| S. 3 substit. | 35/1995, s. 4(2) |
| S. 3 provns. with respect to extent of applic. of. | 18/1987, ss. 1(2), 48(1), (2) |
| S. 4 substituted | 23/2017, ss. 1(2), 244(a) |
| S. 5 substit. with ctnce. | 35/1995, s. 5(1), (2) |
| S. 5(1) amended | 23/2017, ss. 1(2), 244(b)(i) |
| S. 5(2) amended | 23/2017, ss. 1(2), 244(b)(ii) |
| S. 5(2A) inserted | 23/2017, ss. 1(2), 244(b)(iii) |
| S. 5(3) amended | 23/2017, ss. 1(2), 244(b)(iv) |
| S. 5(5) amended | 23/2017, ss. 1(2), 244(b)(v) |
| S. 5(6)(a) amended | 23/2017, ss. 1(2), 244(b)(vi)(I), (II), (III) |
| S. 5(6)(c) amended | 23/2017, ss. 1(2), 244(b)(vi)(I), (II), (III) |
| S. 5(6)(d) amended | 23/2017, ss. 1(2), 244(b)(vi)(I), (II), (III) |
| S. 5(7) amended | 23/2017, ss. 1(2), 244(b)(vii)(I), (II), (III) |
| S. 5(7) trans. of functns. under | S.I. No. 418 of 2011, arts. 1(2), 3 & sch. 1 |
| S. 5(9) amended | 23/2017, ss. 1(2), 244(b)(viii)(I), (II) |
| S. 5(10) amended | 23/2017, ss. 1(2), 244(b)(ix)(I), (II) |
| S. 5(11) amended | 23/2017, ss. 1(2), 244(b)(x) |
| S. 5(12) amended | 23/2017, ss. 1(2), 244(b)(xi)(I), (II) |
| S. 5(13) amended | 23/2017, ss. 1(2), 244(b)(xii) |
| S. 6 substituted | 26/2015, ss. 23, 24(2) |
| S. 6(1) prohibited area prescribed | S.I. No. 226 of 1991, arts. 3, 4, schedule |
| S.I. No. 226 of 1998, arts. 1(2), 3, 4 schedule | |
| S. 6(1) substit. | 35/1995, s. 5(3)(a) |
| S. 6(2) (where it secondly occurs), (3) renumbered as (3) and (4) substituted | 12/2016, ss. 1(2), 34 |
| S. 6(2) substit. | 35/1995, s. 5(3)(a) |
| S. 6(3)(a) am. | 35/1995, s. 5(3)(b) |
| S. 7 applic. to national territory as if designated area. | 27/1991, ss. 2, 36(2) |
| S. 7 substit. | 27/1991, ss. 2, 36(1) |
| S. 7(1) amended | 23/2017, ss. 1(2), 244(c) |
| 35/1995, s. 4(3)(a) | |
| S. 7(1)(a) substit. | 35/1995, s. 4(3)(b) |
| S. 7(2) substit. | 35/1995, s. 4(3)(c) |
| S. 7(4) substit. | 35/1995, s. 4(3)(d) |
| S. 10(a) substit., ctnce for regs. | 35/1995, s. 4(4)(a),(b) |
| S. 11 rep. | 35/1995, s. 28, sch. |
| S. 12(1) amended | 23/2017, ss. 1(2), 244(d)(i), (ii) |
| S. 12(1) substit. | 35/1995, s. 5(4) |
SIs made under the Act
| Section | SIs made under the Act |
|---|---|
| S. 2 | Continental Shelf (Designated Areas) Order 1993 (S.I. No. 92 of 1993) |
| Continental Shelf (Designated Areas) Order 1989 (S.I. No. 141 of 1989) | |
| S. 2(3) | Continental Shelf (Designated Areas) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 87 of 2014) |
| Continental Shelf (Designated Areas) Order 2009 (S.I. No. 163 of 2009) | |
| Continental Shelf (Designated Areas) Order 2001 (S.I. No. 657 of 2001) | |
| Continental Shelf (Designated Areas) (No. 2) Order 1977 (S.I. No. 22 of 1977) | |
| Continental Shelf (Designated Areas) Order 1977 (S.I. No. 21 of 1977) | |
| Continental Shelf (Designated Areas) Order 1976 (S.I. No. 164 of 1976) | |
| Continental Shelf (Designated Areas) (No. 2) Order 1974 (S.I. No. 371 of 1974) | |
| Continental Shelf (Designated Areas) Order 1974 (S.I. No. 36 of 1974) | |
| Continental Shelf (Designated Areas) Order 1970 (S.I. No. 96 of 1970) | |
| Continental Shelf (Designated Areas) Order 1968 (S.I. No. 182 of 1968) | |
| S. 6(1) | Continental Shelf (Protection of Installations) (Corrib Gas Field) Order 2006 (S.I. No. 395 of 2006) |
| Continental Shelf (Protection of Installations) (Seven Heads Gas Field) Order 2003 (S.I. No. 685 of 2003) | |
| Continental Shelf (Protection of Installations (South West Kinsale Gas Field) Order 2003 (S.I. No. 6 of 2003) | |
| Continental Shelf (Protection of Installations) (Kinsale Head Gas Field 48/25-3) Order 1999 (S.I. No. 257 of 1999) | |
| Continental Shelf (Protection of Installations) (Corrib North, 18/20-2) Order 1998 (S.I. No. 226 of 1998) | |
| Continental Shelf (Protection of Installations) (Connemara Field) Order 1997 (S.I. No. 267 of 1997) | |
| Continental Shelf (Protection of Installations) (Ballycotton Field) Order 1991 (S.I. No. 226 of 1991) | |
| Continental Shelf (Protection of Installations) (Kinsale Head Field) Order 1977 (S.I. No. 285 of 1977) | |
| S. 6(4) | Continental Shelf (Protection of Installations) (Connemara Field) (Amendment) Order 1997 (S.I. No. 317 of 1997) |
| S. 10 | Social Welfare (Consolidated Contributions and Insurability) Regulations 1996 (S.I. No. 312 of 1996) |
| Social Welfare (Continental Shelf) Regulations 1978 (S.I. No. 19 of 1978) |