The Scottish Adjacent Waters Boundaries Order 1999

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order describes for the purposes of the Scotland Act 1998–

(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.