# The Continental Shelf (Designation of Areas) Order 1997, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order designates a further area of the continental shelf north-west of the Shetland Islands as an area within which the rights of the United Kingdom with respect to the sea bed and subsoil and their natural resources are exercisable.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/268/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/continental-shelf-designation-of-areas-order-1997/note
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