# The Isles of Scilly Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Order 2010, Article 3: The Isles of Scilly Inshore Fisheries and Conservation District

Extent: E+W

(1) There is to be an inshore fisheries and conservation district known as the Isles of Scilly Inshore Fisheries and Conservation District (“the district”).
(2) The district is the area that consists of—
(a) the area of the Council of the Isles of Scilly; and
(b) so much of the sea adjacent to that area as lies to a distance of 6 nautical miles from the 1983 baselines (see paragraph (3)).
(3) In paragraph (2)—
(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; and
(b) “nautical mile” means an international nautical mile of 1,852 metres.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2213/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/isles-of-scilly-inshore-fisheries-and-conservation-order-2010/article-3
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