{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/continental-shelf-designated-areas-extended-territorial-sea-order-1987/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/continental-shelf-designated-areas-extended-territorial-sea-order-1987/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/1265",
  "legislation_title": "The Continental Shelf (Designated Areas) (Extended Territorial Sea) Order 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/continental-shelf-designated-areas-extended-territorial-sea-order-1987",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "CONTINENTAL SHELF\nMade 21st July 1987Coming into force1st October 1987\nAt the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 21st day of July 1987\nPresent,\nThe Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council\nWhereas by the Continental Shelf (Designation of Areas) Orders 1964 to 1982, certain areas outside the territorial waters of the United Kingdom are designated as areas within which the rights of the United Kingdom with respect to the sea bed and subsoil and their natural resources may be exercised:\nAnd whereas parts of the areas so designated will fall within the seaward limits of the territorial sea as established by or under the Territorial Sea Act 1987;\nNow, therefore Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by section 1(7) of the Continental Shelf Act 1964, section 3(3) of the Territorial Sea Act 1987 and all other powers enabling Her in that behalf, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1964/697, 1965/1531, 1968/891, 1971/594, 1974/1489, 1976/1153, 1977/1871, 1978/178, 1029, 1979/1447, 1982/1072."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1987 c. 49."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1964 c. 29."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/1265/introduction",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}