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The Turks and Caicos Islands (Territorial Sea) (Amendment) Order 1998

S.I. 1998/1260 · Made 19 May 1998

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CARIBBEAN AND NORTH ATLANTIC TERRITORIES

Made 19th May 1998

Coming into force 9th June 1998

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 19th day of May 1998

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in pursuance of the powers conferred upon Her by the Colonial Boundaries Act 1895f1 and all other powers enabling Her in that behalf, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—

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Footnotes

f1

1895 c. 34.

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. Signature
  4. Schedule Schedule
  5. Explanatory note

1

This Order may be cited as the Turks and Caicos Islands (Territorial Sea) (Amendment) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 9th June 1998.

2

For the Schedule to the Turks and Caicos Islands (Territorial Sea) Order 1989f1 there shall be substituted the Schedule set out below:

Signature

N. H. Nicholls

Clerk of the Privy Council

“SCHEDULE

POINTS BETWEEN NORTH WEST POINT, PROVIDENCIALES AND COMPANY POINT, WEST CAICOS; BETWEEN SOUTH WEST POINT, WEST CAICOS AND TONEY ROCK—SE; AND BETWEEN TONEY ROCK—NE AND DRUM POINT, EAST CAICOS JOINED TO FORM BASELINES

Article 4

Co-ordinates of latitude and longitude of point referred to WGS 84 DatumName of Feature
1

21°51'50"N 72°20min;00"W

North West Point, Providenciales
2

21°41'59"N 72°27'43"W

Company Point, West Caicos
Thence Low-Water Line to
3

21°37'22"N 72°28'58"W

South West Point, West Caicos
4

21°30'05"N 72°12'13"W

French Cay
5

21°10'23"N 71°48'12"W

White Cay
6

21°10'13"N 71°43'02"W

Shot Cay
7

21°10'13"N 71°14'34"W

Three Marys, south islet
8

21°20'16"N 71°05'13"W

Toney Rock—SE
Thence Low-Water Line to
9

21°20'21"N 71°05'10"W

Toney Rock—NE
10

21°20'58"N 71°04'57"W

Martin Pinzon Cay—SE
11

21°23'03"N 71°04'41"W

Pear Cay, rock—NE
12

21°30'48"N 71°07'52"W

North East Point, Grand Turk
13

21°43'26"N 71°28'22"W

Drum Point, East Caicos.

”

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

The Order amends the Schedule to the Turks and Caicos Islands (Territorial Sea) Order 1989 by changing several of the basepoints following the publication of new charts covering part of the Turks and Caicos Islands (Admiralty Charts 1441, 1450 and 3914). These Charts may be obtained from Admiralty Chart agents world-wide, details of which may be obtained from the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office, Taunton, TA1 2DN.