# The Welsh Zone (Boundaries and Transfer of Functions) Order 2010, Article 3: The boundaries of the Welsh zone


(1) For the purposes of the definition of “the Welsh zone” in section 158(1) of the Government of Wales Act 2006, the part of the sea within British fishery limits which is to be treated as adjacent to Wales is, subject to paragraph (2), the part which is within limits measured from baselines in Wales.
(2) Any part of the sea within British fishery limits which is within limits measured from baselines in Wales but which is separated from Wales by—
(a) the northern boundary described in paragraph (3), or
(b) the southern boundary described in paragraph (4),
is not to be treated as adjacent to Wales for the purposes mentioned in paragraph (1).
(3) The northern boundary—
(a) follows a geodesic line joining the co-ordinates numbered 1 to 11 in Part 1 of the Schedule,
(b) then follows the seaward limit of the territorial sea adjacent to the Isle of Man to the point where it meets the boundary of the Northern Ireland zone,
(c) then follows the boundary of the Northern Ireland zone to the co-ordinate numbered 12 in Part 1 of the Schedule.
(4) The southern boundary follows a geodesic line joining the co-ordinates numbered 1 to 22 in Part 2 of the Schedule.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2010/9780111491836/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-welsh-zone-boundaries-and-transfer-of-functions-order-2010/article-3
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