Regulation 2 Extent and application

(1)

These Regulations extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

(2)

These Regulations apply to—

(a)

the United Kingdom, including its internal waters;

(b)

the territorial sea adjacent to the United Kingdom^f1; and

(c)

the sea (including the seabed and subsoil) in any area designated under section 1(7) of the Continental Shelf Act 1964^f2.

Annotations

f1: Section 1(5) of the Territorial Sea Act 1987 (c. 49) has the effect that any reference to the territorial sea adjacent to the United Kingdom (UK) must be construed in accordance with that section and any provision made, or having effect as if made, under it. S.I. 1989/482 and 2014/1353 are Orders made under that section which set out some of the limits of the territorial sea adjacent to the UK.
f2: 1964 c. 29. Section 1(7) was amended by section 37 of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to, the Oil and Gas (Enterprise) Act 1982 (c. 23) and section 103 of the Energy Act 2011 (c. 16).