Statutory Instrument 1999 No. 1126

The Scottish Adjacent Waters Boundaries Order 1999

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Boundaries - internal waters and territorial sea
     3. For the purposes of the Scotland Act 1998, the boundaries between waters which are to be treated as internal waters or territorial sea of the United Kingdom adjacent to Scotland and those which are not, shall be-

(a) off the east coast of Great Britain, a line joining the co-ordinates set out in Part I of the Schedule to this Order, and

(b) off the west coast of Great Britain a line joining,


(i) the co-ordinates set out in Section 1 of Part II of that Schedule, and then

(ii) the seaward limit of the United Kingdom territorial sea, and then

(iii) the co-ordinates set out in Section 2 of Part II of that Schedule.

Boundaries - sea within British fishery limits
     4. For the purposes of the Scotland Act 1998, the boundaries between waters which are to be treated as sea within British fishery limits adjacent to Scotland and those which are not, shall be-

(a) off the east coast of Great Britain,


(i) the line referred to in article 3(a) above, and then

(ii) a line joining the co-ordinates set out in Schedule 2 to this Order.



(b) off the west coast of Great Britain,



(i) the line referred to in article 3(b) above, and then

(ii) the seaward limit of the United Kingdom territorial sea adjacent to Northern Ireland between the following co-ordinates-



55° 26' 37"N	06° 34' 40"W, and
55° 24' 54"N	06° 44' 36"W.

A. K. Galloway
Clerk of the Privy Council

(a) the boundaries between waters which are to be treated as internal waters or territorial sea of the United Kingdom adjacent to Scotland and those which are not (article 3) and

(b) the boundaries between waters which are to be treated as sea within British fishery limits adjacent to Scotland and those which are not (article 4).

A map showing the line of the boundaries for illustrative purposes only is appended to this note.



Map

[2] The pricipal appointed day is 1st July 1999 by virtue of article 3 of the Scotland Act 1998 (Commencement) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/3178)back