Statutory Instruments
Territorial Sea
Made
11th December 2013
Coming into force
31st March 2014
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 11th day of December 2013
Present,
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by section 1(2) of the Territorial Sea Act 1987(1), is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:
1. This Order may be cited as the Territorial Sea (Limits) (Amendment) Order 2013 and comes into force on 31st March 2014.
2. The Territorial Sea (Limits) Order 1989(2) is amended as follows:
"(i)Article 4(b) shall be amended to read:
"(b)all positions given by means of coordinates are defined on World Geodetic System 1984 Datum (WGS84)"; and
(ii)The Schedule to the Order shall be amended to read as in the Schedule to this Order."
Richard Tilbrook
Clerk of the Privy Council
Article 2(ii)
LIST OF POINTS | ||
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I. | 50o 49'.463 N | 001o 15'.810 E |
II. | 50o 53'.732 N | 001o 16'.885 E |
III. | 50o 56'.948 N | 001o 21'.335 E |
IV. | 51o 02'.265N | 001o 32'.802 E |
V. | 51o 05'.915 N | 001o 43'.437 E |
VI. | 51o 11'.962 N | 001o 53'.253 E |
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Territorial Sea (Limits) Order 1989 to reflect the agreement between the United Kingdom and France that the coordinates of the points defining the territorial sea boundary between the United Kingdom and France in the Straits of Dover should be reformulated in World Geodetic Datum System 1984 (WGS 84). The agreement between the United Kingdom and France is constituted by the Exchange of Letters done at Paris on 20 April 2011 (Cm 8146).