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Continental Shelf Act, 1969 (Act No. 43).

Country/Territory
Trinidad and Tobago
Document type
Legislation
Date
1969
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Official Gazette 1980, pp. 8.
Long title
An Act to make provision as to the exploration and exploitation of the Continental Shelf; to enable effect to be given to certain provisions of the Conventions of the High Seas done in Geneva on 29th April 1958; and for matters connected with those purposes.
Subject
Sea
Keyword
Maritime zone Continental shelf Sovereignty
Geographical area
Americas, Caribbean, Latin America and the Caribbean, LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN FAO, North Atlantic, Small Island Developing States
Abstract

The Act defines the Continental Shelf and claims rights of Trinidad and Tobago with respect to the delimited area. The Continental Shelf is defined as "the seabed and subsoil of the areas adjacent to the coast of the island of Trinidad and the island of Tobago and all other islands within Trinidad and Tobago but outside the area of the territorial sea to a depth of two hundred metres and beyond that limit to where a depth of the superjacent waters admits the exploitation of the natural resources of said areas" (sect. 2). Section 3 regulates the exploration and exploitation of the Shelf. Section 5 provides for the application of criminal and civil law of Trinidad and Tobago in areas designated by the President under section 3(6). (13 sections)

Full text
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