Continental Shelf (Designation of Areas) Order 1999 (S.I. No. 2031 of 1999). Country/Territory United Kingdom Document type Regulation Date 1999 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Sea Keyword Maritime zone Continental shelf Sovereignty Geographical area Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Abstract This Order designates a further area of the continental shelf to the north of Scotland up to the agreed continental shelf boundary set out in the Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Denmark together with the Home Government of the Faeroe Islands, on the one hand, and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, on the other hand, relating to the Maritime Delimitation in the area between the Faeroe Islands and the United Kingdom (Cm. 4373), as an area in which the rights of the United Kingdom with respect to the seabed and subsoil and their natural resources are exercisable. Full text English Website www.opsi.gov.uk References - Legislation Repealed by Continental Shelf (Designation of Areas) (Consolidation) Order 2000 (S.I. No. 3062 of 2000). Legislation | United Kingdom | 2000 Keyword: Maritime zone, Continental shelf, Sovereignty Source: FAO, FAOLEX