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Exclusive Economic Zone Act 1977.

Pays/Territoire
Samoa
Type du document
Législation
Date
1977
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Titre complet
An Act to establish an exclusive economic zone of Samoa adjacent to the territorial sea, and in the exercise of the sovereign rights of Samoa to make provision for the exploration and exploitation, and conservation and management, of the resources of the zone; and for matters connected with these purposes.
Sujet
Mer
Mot clé
Aire marine Zone marine ZEE-Zone Economique Exclusive Infractions/sanctions Souveraineté
Aire géographique
Asie et Pacifique, Océanie, Polinesie, Petits états insulaires en développement, Pacifique Sud
Résumé

The Act establishes an Exclusive Economic Zone of Samoa of 200 nautical miles. The Exclusive Economic Zone of Samoa comprises those areas of the sea, sea bed, and subsoil that are beyond and adjacent to the territorial sea of Samoa, having as their outer limits a line measured seaward from the baseline described in sections 5 and 6 of the Territorial Sea Act 1971, every point of which line is distant 200 nautical miles from the nearest point of the baseline. Where no other provision is far the time being made by any other enactment for any such purposes, the Head of State, acting on the advice of Cabinet, may from time to time, make regulations not inconsistent with any other enactment for all or any of the following purposes: the conduct of scientific research within the exclusive economic zone: protection and preservation of the marine environment of the zone; protection and preservation of the marine environment of the zone; etc. Laws of Samoa may be declared applicable to (parts of) the Zone in accordance with section 15, comma 2. Any offence against this Act that is committed within the exclusive economic zone shall be deemed to have been committed in Samoa.

Texte intégral
Anglais
Site web
www.paclii.org

Références - Législation

Abrogé par

Maritime Zones Act 1999.

Législation | Samoa | 1999

Mot clé: Zone marine, Mer territoriale, Plateau continental, ZEE-Zone Economique Exclusive, Souveraineté, Infractions/sanctions

Source: FAO, FAOLEX