# The Cornwall Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Order 2010, Article 3: The Cornwall Inshore Fisheries and Conservation District

Extent: E+W

(1) There is to be an inshore fisheries and conservation district known as the Cornwall Inshore Fisheries and Conservation District (“the district”).
(2) The district is the area that consists of—
(a) the area of Cornwall Council (the “basic area” of the district); and
(b) the adjacent area of sea (see paragraph (3)).
(3) The “adjacent area of sea” is so much of the sea adjacent to the basic area of the district as lies—
(a) within the boundaries specified in paragraph (4); and
(b) to a distance of 6 nautical miles from the 1983 baselines.
(4) Those boundaries are—
(a) a loxodromic line joining the co-ordinates numbered 1 and 2 in Part 1 of the Table in the Schedule; and
(b) a loxodromic line joining the co-ordinates numbered 1 to 10 in Part 2 of that Table.
(5) In this article—
(a) “the 1983 baselines” means the baselines for the measurement of the breadth of the territorial sea of the United Kingdom as they existed at 25th January 1983 in accordance with the Territorial Waters Order in Council 1964;
(b) “co-ordinate” means a co-ordinate of latitude and longitude on the World Geodetic System 1984; and
(c) “nautical mile” means an international nautical mile of 1,852 metres.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2188/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/cornwall-inshore-fisheries-and-conservation-order-2010/article-3
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