1976 No. 1103
The Foreign Sea-Fishery Officers Order 1976
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into Operation
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretaries of State respectively concerned with the sea fishing industry in Scotland and Northern Ireland in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 7(4) of the Sea Fisheries Act 1968 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following order:—
Citation and commencement1
This order may be cited as the Foreign Sea-Fishery Officers Order 1976 and shall come into operation on 22nd July 1976.
Interpretation2
1
In this order:—
“the Act” means the Sea Fisheries Act 1968;
“the baselines” means the lines drawn round the coast of Iceland so as to join successively, in the order in which they are there set out, the points identified by the co-ordinates of latitude and longitude in Schedule 1 to this order;
“the Convention” means the Agreement between Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and the government of Iceland signed at Oslo on 1st June 19761.
“the Convention area” means the area to which the Convention applies being the area described in Schedule 2 to this order;
“mile” means nautical mile;
“the 12 mile line” means a line drawn round the coast of Iceland 12 miles from the baselines and extended seawards by lines drawn 12 miles from and around the Island of Grimsey (from its outermost headlands and skerries), and around Hvalbakur (64° 35.8&min; north latitude 13° 16.6&min; west longitude).
“the 200 mile line” means a line drawn round the coast of Iceland 200 miles from the baselines and extended seawards by lines drawn 200 miles around Hvalbakur (64° 35.8&min; north latitude 13° 16.6&min; west longitude) and around Kolbeinsey (67° 08.8&min; north latitude 18° 40.6&min; west longitude).
“the United Kingdom baselines” means the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea surrounding the United Kingdom is measured.
2
The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the interpretation of this order as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
Foreign Sea-Fishery Officers3
In relation to the Convention there are hereby specified as foreign sea-fishery officers, entitled to exercise in relation to British fishing boats anywhere within the Convention area the powers referred to in section 9 of the Act, persons duly appointed by the government of Iceland as inspectors to enforce the provisions of the Convention.
In Witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 12th July 1976.
SCHEDULE 1THE BASELINES
The baselines defined in Article 2(1) of this order are drawn by joining together successively in the order in which they are set out below, the points identified by the following co-ordinates of latitude and longitude:—
1. Horn | 66° 27.4&min; north | 22° 24.3&min; west |
2. Asbudarrif | 66° 08.1&min; north | 20° 11.0&min; west |
3. Siglunes | 66° 11.9&min; north | 18° 49.9&min; west |
4. Flatey | 66° 10.3&min; north | 17° 50.3&min; west |
5. Lagey | 66° 17.8&min; north | 17° 06.8&min; west |
6. Raudinupur | 66° 30.7&min; north | 16° 32.4&min; west |
7. Rifstangi | 66° 32.3&min; north | 16° 11.8&min; west |
8. Hraunhafnartangi | 66° 32.2&min; north | 16° 01.5&min; west |
9. Langanes | 66° 22.7&min; north | 14° 31.9&min; west |
10. Glettinganes | 65° 30.5&min; north | 13° 36.3&min; west |
11. Nordfjardarhorn | 65° 10.0&min; north | 13° 30.8&min; west |
12. Gerpir | 65° 04.7&min; north | 13° 29.6&min; west |
13. Holmur | 64° 58.9&min; north | 13° 30.6&min; west |
14. Setusker | 64° 57.7&min; north | 13° 31.5&min; west |
15. Thursasker | 64° 54.1&min; north | 13° 36.8&min; west |
16. Yztibodi | 64° 35.2&min; north | 14° 01.5&min; west |
17. Selsker | 64° 32.8&min; north | 14° 07.0&min; west |
18. Hvitingar | 64° 23.9&min; north | 14° 28.0&min; west |
19. Stokksnes | 64° 14.1&min; north | 14° 58.4&min; west |
20. Hrollaugseyjar | 64° 01.7&min; north | 15° 58.7&min; west |
21. Tvisker | 63° 55.7&min; north | 16° 11.3&min; west |
22. Ingolfshofdi | 63° 47.8&min; north | 16° 38.5&min; west |
23. Hvalsiki | 63° 44.1&min; north | 17° 33.5&min; west |
24. Medallandssandur I | 63° 32.4&min; north | 17° 06.6&min; west |
25. Medallandssandur II | 63° 30.6&min; north | 17° 59.9&min; west |
26. Myrnatangi | 63° 27.4&min; north | 18° 11.8&min; west |
27. Kotlutangi | 63° 23.4&min; north | 18° 42.8&min; west |
28. Lundadrangur | 63° 23.5&min; north | 19° 07.5&min; west |
29. Surtsey | 63° 17.6&min; north | 20° 36.3&min; west |
30. Eldeyjardrangur | 63° 43.8&min; north | 22° 59.4&min; west |
31. Geirfugladrangur | 63° 40.7&min; north | 23° 17.1&min; west |
32. Skalasnagi | 64° 51.3&min; north | 24° 02.5&min; west |
33. Bjargtangar | 65° 30.2&min; north | 24° 32.1&min; west |
34. Kopanes | 65° 48.4&min; north | 24° 06.0&min; west |
35. Bardi | 66° 03.7&min; north | 23° 47.4&min; west |
36. Straumnes | 66° 25.7&min; north | 23° 08.4&min; west |
37. Kogur | 66° 28.3&min; north | 22° 55.5&min; west |
38. Horn | 66° 27.9&min; north | 22° 28.2&min; west |
SCHEDULE 2
The area between the 12 mile line and the 200 mile line but excluding therefrom—
- i
the area of sea within a radius of 12 miles from Kolbeinsey (67° 08.8&min; north latitude 18° 40.6&min; west longitude).
- ii
the areas of sea beyond the median lines, that is to say—
- a
a line every point of which is equidistant from the nearest point on the baselines on the one hand and the baselines of Greenland on the other;
- b
a line every point of which is equidistant from the nearest point on the baselines on the one hand and the baselines of the Faroe Islands on the other;
- c
a line every point of which is equidistant from the nearest point on the baselines on the one hand and the United Kingdom baselines on the other.
- a