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Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Scottish Marine Regions Order 2015 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

(2) In this Order “co-ordinate” means a co-ordinate on the Ordnance Survey of Great Britain 1936 Datum.

(3) In relation to any co-ordinates, including any list of co-ordinates, a reference to a line in this Order means—

(a)except in the case mentioned in sub-paragraph (b), a loxodromic line; and

(b)in the case of a reference to a line of shortest distance, a line of the shortest planar distance on the British National Grid Projection(1).

(1)

Information concerning the British National Grid Projection may be found on the Ordnance Survey website at www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk