# Employment (Continental Shelf) Act 1978, Section 2: Interpretation.


In section 1 above—
“cross-boundary petroleum field” means a petroleum field that extends across the boundary between a designated area and a foreign sector of the continental shelf;
“designated area” means an area designated under section 1(7) of the Continental Shelf Act 1964;
“foreign sector of the continental shelf” means an area which is outside the territorial waters of any State and within which rights are exercisable by a State other than the United Kingdom with respect to the sea bed and subsoil and their natural resources;
“petroleum field” means a geological structure identified as an oil or gas field by the Order in Council concerned.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/46/section/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/employment-continental-shelf-act-1978/section-2
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