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DEEP SEA MINING

Made 18th December 1985

Coming into Operation 19th December 1985

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 18th day of December 1985

Present,

The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Whereas by section 3(1) of the Deep Sea Mining (Temporary Provisions) Act 1981 it is enacted that Her Majesty may, if in Her opinion the law of any country contains provisions similar in their aims and effects to the provisions of that Act, by Order in Council designate that country as a reciprocating country for the purposes of that Act:

And whereas Her Majesty is of the opinion that the laws of the countries specified in Schedule 1 to this Order contain provisions similar in their aims and effects to the provisions of that Act:

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, in pursuance of the power conferred upon Her by the said section 3(1), is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—