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Continental Shelf (Designated Areas) Order, 1974.

Country/Territory
Ireland
Document type
Regulation
Date
1974
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Sea
Keyword
Maritime zone Continental shelf Sovereignty
Geographical area
Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Abstract

The areas set out in the Schedule to this Order are hereby designated as areas within which the rights of the State outside the territorial seas over the sea-bed and subsoil for the purpose of exploring such sea-bed and subsoil and exploiting their natural resources may be exercised. The area is bounded by a line joining specified co-ordinates.

Full text
English

References - Legislation

Implements

Continental Shelf Act, 1968.

Legislation | Ireland | 1968 (2000)

Keyword: Marine pollution, Marine fisheries, Maritime zone, Continental shelf, Offences/penalties, Sovereignty

Source: FAO, FAOLEX