{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/virgin-islands-territorial-sea-order-2007/article-5",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2007/2141",
  "legislation_title": "The Virgin Islands (Territorial Sea) Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/virgin-islands-territorial-sea-order-2007",
  "path": "article/5",
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  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In the case of the sea adjacent to a bay, the baseline from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured shall—\n(a) if the bay has only one mouth and the distance between the low-water lines of the natural entrance points of the bay does not exceed 24 nautical miles, be a straight line joining the said low-water lines;\n(b) if, because of the presence of islands, the bay has more than one mouth and the distances between the low-water lines of the natural entrance points of each mouth added together do not exceed 24 nautical miles, be a series of straight lines across each of the mouths drawn so as to join the said low-water lines;\n(c) if neither paragraph (a) nor (b) of this article applies, be a straight line 24 nautical miles in length drawn from low-water line to low-water line within the bay in such manner as to enclose the maximum area of water that is possible with a line of that length.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/2141/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:47:33.493600+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}