S.I. No. 657/2001 - Continental Shelf (Designated Areas) Order, 2001

1. The area bounded by -

(a) two direct lines (a parallel of latitude and a geodesic respectively) joining the following points, in the sequence given in the following table

TABLE

Reference number

1

the point where the seaward limit of the territorial seas meets the parallel of latitude 53°46'N

Latitude

Longitude

2

53° 46' 00.00” N

05° 22' 00.00” W

C

53° 52' 13.42” N

05° 49' 33.47” W

(b) the line of the seaward limit of the territorial sea from the point deemed to be specified at reference C in subparagraph (a) of this paragraph southwards to the point deemed to be specified at reference 1 of that subparagraph.

2. (a) For the purpose of

paragraph 1(a)

of this Schedule there shall be deemed to be specified at each of the references 2 and C a point being the point where the co-ordinates of latitude and longitude mentioned at that reference meet.

(b) The points deemed to be specified at references 1 to 2 and 2 to C in

paragraph 1(a)

are defined by co-ordinates of latitude and longitude on World Geodetic System 1984 datum (WGS 1984).

Given under the Official Seal of the Government,

Bertie Ahern

this 18th day of December, 2001

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

This Order provides for the designation of an additional area of the Continental Shelf beyond that designated in SI 92 of 1993, in which the rights of the State in regard to the natural resources of the sea bed and subsoil of the Continental Shelf may be exercised.

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 make the following order