Explanatory note

This Order extends the boundaries of the British Overseas Territory of Anguilla so as to include, as territorial sea, the sea within twelve nautical miles of the baselines of Anguilla, together with its seabed and subsoil, and makes other provisions in this connection. In particular, it defines the baseline from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured as generally the low-water line, except where there are fringing reefs or bays.

The limit adjacent to Saint Martin and Saint Barthelemy is constituted by geodesic lines joining the points in the Schedule and follows the line defined in the Agreement on Maritime Delimitation of 27 June 1996 between the Government of the United Kingdom and the Government of the French Republic concerning Anguilla, on the one hand, and Saint Martin and Saint Barthelemy, on the other.