S.I. No. 96/1970 - Continental Shelf (Designated Areas) Order, 1970.

1. The area bounded by the following lines

(

a

) line joining the following co-ordinates

(1) 50° 00' N

9° 00' W

(2) 49° 50' N

9° 00' W

(3) 49° 50' N

9° 24' W

(4) 49° 40' N

9° 24' W

(5) 49° 40' N

9° 48' W

(6) 49° 30' N

9° 48' W

(7) 49° 30' N

10° 00' W

(8) 49° 10' N

10° 00' W

(9) 49° 10' N

10° 12' W

(10) 49° 00' N

10° 12' W

(11) 49° 00' N

11° 00' W

(12) 50° 00' N

11° 00' W

(13) 50° 00' N

12° 00' W

(14) 53° 00' N

12° 00' W

(15) 53° 00' N

13° 36' W

(16) 54° 00' N

13° 36' W

(17) 54° 00' N

11° 00' W

(18) 54° 40' N

11° 00' W

(19) 54° 40' N

10° 24' W

(20) 54° 20' N

10° 24' W

(21) 54° 20' N

10° 06' 31" W,

(

b

) a line along the seaward limit of the territorial sea between the following co-ordinates

(1) 54° 20' N

10° 06' 31 "W

(2) 53° 10' N

10° 00' 8 "W,

(

c

) a line joining the following co-ordinates

(1) 63° 10' N

10° 00' 8 "W

(2) 53° 10' N

11° 12' W

(3) 52° 30' N

11° 12' W

(4) 52° 30' N

10° 01' 28" W,

(

d

) a line along the seaward limit of the territorial sea between the following co-ordinates

(1) 52° 30' N

10°01' 28" W

(2) 51° 30' 15" N

10° 12' W, and

(

e

) a line joining the following co-ordinates

(1) 51° 30' 15" N

10° 12' W

(2) 50° 00' N

10° 12' W

(3) 50° 00' N

9° 00' W.

2. The area bounded by the following lines

(

a

) a line joining the following co-ordinates

(1) 54° 40' N

10° 24' W

(2) 55° 00' N

10° 24' W

(3) 55° 00' N

10° 12' W

(4) 55° 20' N

10° 12' W

(5) 55° 20' N

9° 36' W

(6) 55° 50' N

9° 36' W

(7) 55° 50' N

9° 24' W

(8) 56° 00' N

9° 24' W

(9) 56° 00' N

8° 00' W

(10) 55° 16' 40" N

8° 00' W,

(

b

) a line along the seaward limit of the territorial sea between the following co-ordinates

(1) 55° 16' 40" N

8° 00' W

(2) 54° 40' N

8° 55' 21" W, and

(

c

) a line joining the following co-ordinates

(1) 54° 40" N

8° 55' 21" W

(2) 54° 40' N

10° 24' W.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, this 5th day of May, 1970.

SEÁN Ó LOINSIGH,

Taoiseach.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order provides for the designation of certain areas in which the rights of the State in regard to the exploration and exploitation of the natural resources of the sea bed and subsoil of the continental shelf may be exercised.

S.I. No. 96 of 1970.

CONTINENTAL SHELF (DESIGNATED AREAS) ORDER, 1970.

The Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by

section 2

(3) of the

Continental Shelf Act, 1968

(No. 14 of 1968), hereby order as follows