# Merchant Shipping Act 1995, Paragraph 1


“Convention area” means the exclusive economic zone of a State Party, established in accordance with international law or, if a State Party has not established such a zone, an area beyond and adjacent to the territorial sea of that State determined by that State in accordance with international law and extending not more than 200 nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of its territorial sea is measured.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/21/schedule/11ZA/crossheading/definitions/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1995/schedule-11ZA/crossheading-definitions/paragraph-1
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