# The Turks and Caicos Islands (Territorial Sea) Order 1989, Article 3


(1) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (2) of this article and article 4 of this Order, the baseline from which the breadth of the territorial sea adjacent to the Turks and Caicos Islands is measured shall be the low water line along the coast of all islands comprised in the Colony of the Turks and Caicos Islands.
(2) For the purpose of this article a low-tide elevation which lies wholly or partly within the breadth of sea which would be territorial sea if all low-tide elevations were disregarded for the purpose of the measurement of the breadth thereof and if article 4 of this Order were omitted shall be treated as an island.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1996/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/turks-and-caicos-islands-territorial-sea-order-1989/article-3
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