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CONTINENTAL SHELF

Made 12th February 1997

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 12th day of February 1997

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Whereas by the Continental Shelf (Designation of Areas) Orders 1964 to 1993^f1 certain areas 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:

And whereas it is expedient that a further such area should be so designated:

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 1(7) of the Continental Shelf Act 1964^f2 and of 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:—

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Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1964/697, 1965/1531, 1968/891, 1971/594, 1974/1489, 1976/1153, 1977/1871, 1978/178, 1029, 1979/1447, 1982/1072, 1987/1265, 1989/2398, 1993/599, 1993/1782.
f2: 1964 c. 29.