# The Continental Shelf (Designation of Areas) Order 2013 S.I. 2013/3162 · made 11 December 2013 This Order replaces the two extant Orders made under section 1(7) of the Continental Shelf Act 1964, designating the areas of the continental shelf within which the rights of the United Kingdom with respect to the seabed and subsoil and their natural resources are exercisable. Under the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009, an exclusive economic zone (which may extend to 200 nautical miles from coastal baselines) is being declared around the United Kingdom on 31 March 2014, and it is therefore more appropriate that the areas designated under section 1(7) of the 1964 Act should be the same as those which form part of the exclusive economic zone, together with any areas of continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles from the United Kingdom’s baselines within which the United Kingdom may exercise such rights. Made under: Continental Shelf Act 1964 (Section 1); Territorial Sea Act 1987 (Section 3) PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/continental-shelf-designation-of-areas-order-2013/pdf/uksi_20133162_en.pdf; UK Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/continental-shelf-designation-of-areas-order-2013/pdf/uksiem_20133162_en.pdf ## Introductory text Continental Shelf Made 11th December 2013 Coming into force 31st March 2014 At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 11th day of December 2013 Present, The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 1(7) of the Continental Shelf Act 1964, section 3(3) of the Territorial Sea Act 1987 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:— ## 1 (1) This Order may be cited as the Continental Shelf (Designation of Areas) Order 2013, and comes into force on 31st March 2014. (2) The Continental Shelf (Designation of Areas) (Consolidation) Order 2000 and the Continental Shelf (Designation of Areas) Order 2001 are revoked. (3) In respect of the matters referred to in section 2(4) of the Territorial Sea Act 1987 (which continues in effect certain regulations and licences relating to petroleum), the Continental Shelf (Designation of Areas) Orders 1964 to 1982 shall continue to have effect as they had effect immediately before the coming into force of the Territorial Sea Act 1987. (4) The coordinates in the Schedules to this Order are defined on the World Geodetic System 1984 Datum (WGS84). ## 2 The areas which are designated as areas within which the rights of the United Kingdom outside territorial waters with respect to the sea bed and subsoil and their natural resources are exercisable are: (a) The area designated under section 41(3) of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (the exclusive economic zone), except that between points 177 and 184 inclusive the area shall extend only to the line described in Schedule A to this Order; and (b) The area bounded by the lines defined in Schedule B to this Order. ## Signature Richard Tilbrook Clerk of the Privy Council ## Schedule A Column2 Column 2 Point No. Latitude Longitude Line Type to following point 176 60° 24’.077N 004° 44’.272W Geodesic 224 60° 21’.101N 004° 56’.672W Geodesic 225 60° 18’.754N 005° 24’.195W Geodesic 226 59° 56’.450N 009° 00’.660W Geodesic 227 60° 00’.951N 010° 20’.853W Geodesic 228 60° 02’.137N 010° 50’.778W Geodesic 183 60° 02’.833N 011° 16’.458W ## Schedule B Column 1 Column 2 Point No. Latitude Longitude Line Type to following point 185 60° 09’.031N 013° 16’.199W Loxodrome 229 59° 58’.325665N 020° 24’.889406W Geodesic 230 59° 24’.543779N 021° 24’.656972W Geodesic 231 58° 52’.437949N 022° 20’.273917W Geodesic 232 58° 20’.486754N 023° 19’.046509W Geodesic 233 58° 19’.751655N 023° 20’.328764W Geodesic 234 58° 19’.005168N 023° 21’.586630W Geodesic 235 58° 18’.247566N 023° 22’.819838W Geodesic 236 58° 17’.479049N 023° 24’.027982W Geodesic 237 58° 16’.699889N 023° 25’.210659W Geodesic 238 58° 15’.910289N 023° 26’.367869W Geodesic 239 58° 15’.110449N 023° 27’.498937W Geodesic 240 58° 14’.300642N 023° 28’.603730W Geodesic 241 58° 13’.481072N 023° 29’.681978W Geodesic 242 58° 12’.651940N 023° 30’.733411W Geodesic 243 58° 11’.813590N 023° 31’.757626W Geodesic 244 58° 10’.966227N 023° 32’.754486W Geodesic 245 58° 10’.110052N 023° 33’.723723W Geodesic 246 58° 09’.245341N 023° 34’.665068W Geodesic 247 58° 08’.372369N 023° 35’.578250W Geodesic 248 58° 07’.491338N 023° 36’.463001W Geodesic 249 58° 06’.602598N 023° 37’.319185W Geodesic 250 58° 05’.706280N 023° 38’.146534W Geodesic 251 58° 04’.802662N 023° 38’.944912W Geodesic 252 58° 03’.892091N 023° 39’.714184W Geodesic 253 58° 02’.974844N 023° 40’.453946W Geodesic 254 58° 02’.051057N 023° 41’.164199W Geodesic 255 58° 01’.121008N 023° 41’.844673W Geodesic 256 58° 01’.062803N 023° 41’.885232W Geodesic 257 57° 28’.000000N 025° 08’.122804W Parallel of latitude 258 57° 28’.00N 023° 57’.40W Meridian of longitude 259 57° 22’.00N 023° 57’.40W Parallel of latitude 260 57° 22’.00N 021° 32’.00W Meridian of longitude 261 57° 14’.00N 021° 32’.00W Parallel of latitude 262 57° 14’.00N 019° 30’.00W Meridian of longitude 263 57° 05’.50N 019° 30’.00W Parallel of latitude 264 57° 05’.50N 017° 24’.00W Meridian of longitude 265 56° 56’.00N 017° 24’.00W Parallel of latitude 266 56° 56’.00N 015° 36’.00W Meridian of longitude 267 56° 49’.00N 015° 36’.00W Parallel of latitude 268 56° 49’.00000N 014° 30’.57261W 268 to 186 are joined by a line every point of which is 200 nautical miles from the nearest point on the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is measured. 186 56° 34’.63126N 014° 19’.86168W ## Explanatory note (This note is not part of the Order) This Order replaces the two extant Orders made under section 1(7) of the Continental Shelf Act 1964, designating the areas of the continental shelf within which the rights of the United Kingdom with respect to the seabed and subsoil and their natural resources are exercisable. Under the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009, an exclusive economic zone (which may extend to 200 nautical miles from coastal baselines) is being declared around the United Kingdom on 31 March 2014, and it is therefore more appropriate that the areas designated under section 1(7) of the 1964 Act should be the same as those which form part of the exclusive economic zone, together with any areas of continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles from the United Kingdom’s baselines within which the United Kingdom may exercise such rights. In relation to regulations made and licences issued under the legislation relating to petroleum, Article 1(3) of this Order preserves their effect in relation to areas designated as continental shelf under Orders made under section 1(7) of the Continental Shelf Act 1964 prior to the enactment of the Territorial Sea Act. Article 2(a) of this Order designates the area of the United Kingdom’s continental shelf resulting from the treaties with Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands and Norway. The exception in Article 2(a) reflects the fact that in the agreement with Denmark relating to the Faroe Islands the continental shelf and exclusive economic zone boundaries differ. It has been agreed with all the States concerned that the coordinates defining the continental shelf boundaries should be expressed in the World Geodetic System 1984 datum (WGS 84). The treaties in question are: (a) Belgium: Agreement of 29 May 1991, Exchange of Letters of 21 March and 7 June 2005 and Exchange of Letters of 25 June and 12 August 2013 (Cm 2499, Cm 7204 and Cm 8723); (b) Denmark: Agreement of 25 November 1971 and Exchange of Notes of 22 October 2009 (relating to the North Sea) (Cnmd 5193 and Cm 7893); Agreement of 18 May 1999 and Protocol of 25 April 2012 (relating to the Faroe Islands) (Cm 4514 and Cm 8570)); (c) France: Agreements of 24 June 1982 and 23 July 1991 and Exchange of Letters of 20 April 2011 (Cm 8859, Cm 1979 and Cm 8146); note that the continental shelf boundary between the United Kingdom and France was in part fixed by the Decisions of a Court of Arbitration dated 30 June 1977 and 14 March 1978 (Cmnd 7438); (d) Germany: Agreement of 25 November 1971 (Cmnd 5192); (e) Ireland: Agreement of 7 November 1988, Protocol of 8 December 1992 and Agreement of 28 March 2013 (Cm 990, Cm 2302 and Cm 8666); (f) Netherlands: Agreement of 6 October 1965, Protocol of 25 November 1971, Exchange of Notes of 28 January and 7 June 2006 and Exchange of Notes of 19 April and 3 July 2013 (Cmnd 3253, Cmnd 5193, Cm 6749 and Cm 8724); (g) Norway: Agreement of 10 March 1965, Protocol of 22 December 1987 and Exchange of Notes of 30 April 2009 (Cmd 2757, Cmd 7853 and Cm 7731). The area described in Article 2(b) comprises an area beyond 200 nautical miles from the United Kingdom’s baselines for which in accordance with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea the United Kingdom has made a submission to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/3162 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/continental-shelf-designation-of-areas-order-2013 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.