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S.I. No. 163/2009 - Continental Shelf (Designated Areas) Order 2009
Statutory Text (3 Articles)
1. The area bounded by geodesic lines connecting the following points, in the sequence given below, namely
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52°
02’
14.605”
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016°
05’
10.859”
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51°
41’
05.507”
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016°
02’
15.782”
W
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51°
02’
13.033”
N
017°
29’
36.286”
W
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50°
14’
56.351”
N
016°
42’
01.938”
W
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50°
04’
09.085”
N
016°
30’
45.523”
W
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50°
03’
19.777”
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016°
29’
52.583”
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50°
02’
31.039”
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016°
28’
58.407”
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50°
01’
42.880”
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016°
28’
03.009”
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50°
00’
55.312”
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016°
27’
06.407”
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50°
00’
08.357”
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016°
26’
08.609”
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49°
59’
22.014”
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016°
25’
09.638”
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49°
58’
36.305”
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016°
24’
09.503”
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49°
57’
51.241”
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016°
23’
08.236”
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49°
57’
06.833”
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016°
22’
05.845”
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49°
56’
23.087”
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016°
21’
02.339”
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49°
55’
40.023”
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016°
19’
57.749”
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49°
54’
57.654”
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016°
18’
52.092”
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49°
54’
15.980”
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016°
17’
45.376”
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49°
53’
35.021”
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016°
16’
37.633”
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49°
52’
54.784”
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016°
15’
28.872”
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49°
52’
15.285”
N
016°
14’
19.108”
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49°
51’
36.529”
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016°
13’
08.373”
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49°
02’
52.253”
N
015°
22’
09.556”
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49°
01’
55.412”
N
015°
21’
40.588”
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49°
00’
58.893”
N
015°
21’
10.213”
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49°
00’
02.708”
N
015°
20’
38.424”
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48°
59’
06.882”
N
015°
20’
05.235”
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48°
58’
11.422”
N
015°
19’
30.665”
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48°
57’
16.344”
N
015°
18’
54.711”
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48°
56’
21.665”
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015°
18’
17.400”
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48°
55’
27.401”
N
015°
17’
38.722”
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48°
54’
33.567”
N
015°
16’
58.710”
W
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48°
53’
40.171”
N
015°
16’
17.364”
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48°
52’
47.239”
N
015°
15’
34.692”
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48°
05’
52.463”
N
014°
37’
38.592”
W
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48°
04’
59.982”
N
014°
36’
55.331”
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48°
04’
07.980”
N
014°
36’
10.791”
W
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48°
03’
16.477”
N
014°
35’
24.990”
W
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48°
02’
25.491”
N
014°
34’
37.945”
W
40
48°
01’
35.034”
N
014°
33’
49.662”
W
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48°
01’
01.347”
N
014°
33’
16.256”
W
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48°
37’
43.292”
N
013°
09’
36.558”
W
2. (
a
) For the purpose of paragraph 1 there shall be deemed to be specified at each of the reference numbers 1 to 42 a point being the point where the co-ordinates of latitude and longitude mentioned at those reference numbers meet.
(
b
) The points deemed to be specified at reference numbers 1 to 42 in paragraph 1 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,
31 March 2009
BRIAN COWEN,
Taoiseach.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)
The purpose of the Order is to designate the area concerned as an area within which the rights of the State to explore and exploit the natural resources of the seabed and subsoil of the Continental Shelf may be exercised.
S.I. No. 163 of 2009
CONTINENTAL SHELF (DESIGNATED AREAS) ORDER 2009
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in
“Iris Oifigiúil” of
5
th May
, 2009.
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