In short
This law amends the Maritime Jurisdiction Act, 1959, primarily by extending the outer limit of Ireland's territorial seas from three nautical miles to twelve nautical miles.
What it regulates
- The outer limit of the territorial seas.
- The baseline used for measuring the territorial seas.
- How references to sea areas and waters within certain distances of the coast are interpreted in other laws.
Who it concerns
- The Oireachtas (Irish Parliament), as it enacted the law.
- Anyone affected by the definition of Ireland's territorial waters.
Key points
- The outer limit of the territorial seas is extended from "three nautical miles" to "12 nautical miles".
- The baseline for measuring territorial seas now includes low-tide elevations situated up to "12 nautical miles" from the mainland or an island.
- References in other laws to sea areas within "three miles, three nautical miles or one league" of the coast will now be understood as referring to areas within the new "outer limit of the territorial seas".
- This Act came into operation on the 1st day of September, 1988.
đ Legal text
Maritime Jurisdiction (Amendment) Act, 1988
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Number 9 of 1988
MARITIME JURISDICTION (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1988
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section
1.
âPrincipal Actâ.
2.
Extension of outer limit of territorial seas.
3.
Short title, collective citation and commencement.
Acts Referred to
Maritime Jurisdiction Act, 1959
1959, No. 22
Maritime Jurisdiction Acts, 1959 and 1964
Number 9 of 1988
MARITIME JURISDICTION (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1988
AN ACT TO AMEND THE
MARITIME JURISDICTION ACT, 1959
. [4th May, 1988]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:
âPrincipal Actâ.
1.âIn this Act âthe Principal Actâ means the
Maritime Jurisdiction Act, 1959
.
Extension of outer limit of territorial seas.
2.â(1) Section 3 (which specifies the outer limit of the territorial seas) of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution of â12 nautical milesâ for âthree nautical milesâ and the said section 3, as so amended, is set out in Part I of the Table to this section.
(2) Section 4 (which specifies the baseline) of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution in paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of â12 nautical milesâ for âthree nautical milesâ and the said paragraph (b), as so amended, is set out in Part II of the Table to this section.
(3) Section 14 (which provides for the adaptation of enactments) of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion in subsection (1) after âthree milesâ of â, three nautical milesâ and the said subsection (1), as so amended, is set out in Part III of the Table to this section.
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Part I
3. For the purposes of this Act, the outer limit of the territorial seas is the line every point of which is at a distance of 12 nautical miles from the nearest point of the baseline.
Part II
(b) on any low-tide elevation situated wholly or partly at a distance not exceeding 12 nautical miles from the mainland or an island.
Part III
(1) References in any enactment to sea areas and waters within three miles, three nautical miles or one league of the coast or shore and cognate expressions shall be construed as references to sea areas and waters lying within the outer limit of the territorial seas.
Short title, collective citation and commencement.
3.â(1) This Act may be cited as the Maritime Jurisdiction (Amendment) Act, 1988.
(2) The Maritime Jurisdiction Acts, 1959 and 1964, and this Act may be cited together as the Maritime Jurisdiction Acts, 1959 to 1988.
(3) This Act shall come into operation on the 1st day of September, 1988.
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