Continental Shelf (Amendment) Act, 1986 (Act No. 23 of 1986). Country/Territory Trinidad and Tobago Document type Regulation Date 1986 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Trinidad and Tobago Gazette, Vol. 25, No. 310 of 14 November, 1986, Legal Supplement Part A , pp. 246 and 247. Long titleAn Act to amend the Continental Shelf Act, Chap. 1:52. Subject Sea Keyword Maritime zone Continental shelf Sovereignty Geographical area Americas, Caribbean, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, Small Island Developing States Abstract This Act amends the Continental Shelf Act (Cap. 1:52) so as to introduce "Continental Margin" as "a submerged prolongation of the land mass of Trinidad and Tobago consisting of the seabed and the subsoil, the slope and the rise of the Continental Shelf". (sect. 2). The Minister may establish the outer edge of the Continental Margin (new sect. 2A). (2 sections) Full text English References - Legislation Amends Continental Shelf Act, 1969 (Cap. 1:52). Legislation | Trinidad and Tobago | 1969 (1986) Keyword: Marine pollution, Maritime zone, Continental shelf, Oil pollution, Sovereignty Source: FAO, FAOLEX