Maritime Jurisdiction Act 1959.

Country/Territory: Ireland
Document type: Legislation
Date: 1959 (2000)
Source: FAO, FAOLEX
Long title: An Act to make provision in respect of the territorial seas and the exclusive fishery limits of the State, and to provide for the conservation of the living resources of the sea and for other matters connected with the matters aforesaid.

Subject: Fisheries, Sea
Keyword: Marine fisheries Fishery management and conservation Foreign fishing Enforcement/compliance Offences/penalties Maritime zone EEZ-Exclusive Economic Zone Territorial sea Sovereignty
Geographical area: Europe, European Union Countries, Northern Europe

Abstract: For the purposes of this Act, the territorial seas of the State shall be that portion of the sea which lies between the baseline and the outer limit of the territorial seas (sect. 2) and the outer limit of the territorial seas is the line every point of which is at a distance of three nautical miles from the nearest point of the baseline (sect. 3). Section 4 defines "baseline" whereas section 5 defines "internal waters". For the purposes of Part XIII of the Fisheries (Consolidation) Act, 1959, t
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