The Petroleum (Production) (Seaward Areas) Regulations 1988

LINES DIVIDING LANDWARD AREAS FROM SEAWARD AREAS

1.  Except as provided by the four next following paragraphs, the lines dividing the mainland of Great Britain and islands adjacent thereto (other than the Orkney and Shetland Islands) and the waters adjacent to the mainland and such islands to be treated for the purposes of these Regulations as landward areas from the islands and waters to be treated for such purposes as seaward areas shall be the low water line along the coast of the mainland of Great Britain, the Isle of Wight, Anglesey and Holy Island.

2.  The lines dividing landward areas from seaward areas at the estuaries, rivers, harbours, bays and other places specified in the second column of Table 1 of this Schedule shall be straight lines drawn between the pairs of points identified by the map references respectively specified in the third column of that Table, each such point being a point situate on the low water line on or adjacent to the feature respectively named in the fourth column of that Table.

3.  The lines dividing landward areas from seaward areas between Cape Wrath and the Mull of Kintyre shall be a series of straight lines drawn so as to join successively, in the order in which they are there set out, the points identified by the map references specified in the second column of Table 2 of this Schedule, each such point being a point situate on the low water line on or adjacent to the feature, if any, named in the third column of that Table.

4.  The lines dividing landward areas from seaward areas in the vicinity of the Pentland Firth and the Orkney Islands shall be a straight line drawn from the map reference point ND 310753, being a point situate on the low water line on or adjacent to the feature known as St. John’s Point, to the map reference point ND 289809; thence a line running clockwise parallel with, and three nautical miles seaward of, the baselines from which the territorial sea adjacent to the Orkney Islands is measured to the map reference point ND 459711 and thence a straight line to the map reference point ND 407734, being a point situate on the low water line on or adjacent to the feature known as Duncansby Head.

5.  Subject to the provisions of the last three foregoing paragraphs, the lines dividing landward areas from seaward areas at the mouths of rivers or estuaries shall be straight lines joining the points on the low water lines at either side of each such mouth.

6.  The line dividing the Shetland Islands and the waters adjacent thereto to be treated for the purposes of these Regulations as landward areas from the areas to be treated for such purposes as seaward areas shall be a line parallel with, and three nautical miles seaward of, the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea adjacent to those Islands is measured:

Provided that Foula and Fair Isle and the waters adjacent to them shall be treated as seaward areas.

7.  In this Schedule–

“low water line” means the line so marked on the Ordnance Survey maps on a scale of 1:25,000 in the edition for the areas to which they respectively relate last published prior to the date on which these Regulations are made, and any reference to a map reference point shall be construed as a reference to a point having that map reference on the National Grid for those Ordnance Survey maps; and “nautical miles” means international nautical miles of 1,852 metres.

TABLE 1

points at mouths of specified estuaries and other indentations of the coast

	Name of estuary or other indentation	National Grid Reference	Name of Feature
1	Firth of Clyde	NR 716074	Cove Point
		NR 718046	Sanda Island (Black Point)
		NR 725037	Sanda Island Lighthouse
		NW 962695	Laggan Hill
2	Wigtown Bay	NX 494464	Eggerness Point
		NX 545512	Ringdoo Point
3	Solway Firth	NX 653432	Fox Craig (Meikle Ross)
		NX 943134	St. Bees Head
4	Duddon Sands	SD 130762	Haverigg Point
		SD 168685	Mill Scar
5	Morecambe Bay	SD 219613	Hilpsford Point
		SD 309483	Rossall Point
6	River Ribble	SD 298317	Crusader Bank
		SD 274205	Horse Bank
7	Liverpool Bay	SD 263053	Formby Point
		SJ 132856	Point of Ayr
8	Beaumaris Bay	SH 737788	Penmaenbach Point
		SH 641815	Trwyn Du
9	Holyhead Harbour	SH 280849	Twyn Cliperau
		SH 257847	Breakwater Head
10	Cymyran Bay	SH 294750	Traeth Llydan
		SH 297748	Traeth Cymyran
11	Llanddwyn Bay	SH 386623	Llanddwyn Island
		SH 429585	Morfa Dinlleu
12	Milford Haven	SM 819036	West Blockhouse Point
		SM 840027	Rat Island
13	Carmarthen Bay	SN 310060	Laugharne Sands
		SS 397926	Burry Holms
14	Bristol Channel	ST 311809	West Usk Lighthouse
		ST 306627	Birnbeck Island
15	Padstow Bay	SW 925784	Shag Rock
		SW 915785	Stepper Point
16	Falmouth Harbour	SW 827315	Pendennis Point
		SW 845311	St. Anthony Head
17	Plymouth Sound	SX 443486	Penlee Point
		SX 490486	Renney Rocks
18	Salcombe River	SX 725359	Bolt Head
		SX 766355	Gammon Head
19	Solent (west side)	SZ 319897	Hurst Castle
		SZ 292849	Needles Point
20	Solent (east side)	SZ 663876	Foreland
		SZ 684990	Fort Cumberland (Eastney Point)
21	Thames Estuary	TR 227694	Reculver
		TM 174142	Clacton-on-Sea
22	Harwich Harbour	TM 268244	The Naze
		TM 283311	Landguard Point
23	The Wash	TF 700453	Gore Point
		TF 565571	Gibraltar Point
24	River Humber	TA 375050	Northcoates Point
		TA 397104	Spurn Head
25	Holy Island Harbour (Lindisfarne)	NU 141402	Parton Shiel
		NU 141415	Castle Point
26	Firth of Forth	NT 496864	Eyebroughy
		NT 496993	Elie Ness
27	Firth of Tay	NO 538159	Kinkell Ness
		NO 546303	Buddon Ness
28	Moray Firth	NH 807587	Whiteness Head
		NH 812670	Sutors Stacks
		NH 812670	Sutors Stacks
		NH 813686	North Sutor
29	Dornoch Firth	NH 814858	Whiteness
		NH 809871	Dornoch Point
30	Tongue Bay	NC 641638	Port an-t Strathain
		NC 572663	Geodh' an Fhuarain
31	Loch Eriboll	NC 502687	Whiten Head
		NC 392719	Faraid Head
32	Kyle of Durness	NC 392719	Faraid Head
		NC 349717	A'Ghoil

TABLE 2

points between cape wrath and the mull of kintyre

	National Grid Reference	Name of Feature
1	NC 257748	Cape Wrath
2	NB 519669	Lith Sgeir
3	NB 472634	Dell Rock
4	NB 186451	Tiumpan
5	NB 142442	Mas Sgeir
6	NB 115435	Stac nam Balg
7	NB 048399	Sgeir Gallan
8	NB 036382	Gallan Beag
9	NA 993324	Eilean Molach
10	NA 873118	Gasker
11	NF 594809	Haskeir Eagach
12	NF 572646	Huskeiran
13	NF 707301	Rudha Ardvule
14	NF 646049	Greian Head
15	NL 620988	—
16	NL 614979	Ard a' Chaolais
17	NL 606963	Biruaslum
18	NL 549843	Guarsay Mor
19	NL 542819	Sron an Duin
20	NL 546803	Skate Point
21	NL 840262	Skerryvore
22	NM 121031	Dubh Artach
23	NR 151538	Frenchman’s Rocks
24	NR 162510	An Coire
25	NR 268414	Mull of Oa
26	NR 589071	Mull of Kintyre