The Fishery Limits Order 1999

Statutory Instruments

1999 No. 1741

SEA FISHERIES

The Fishery Limits Order 1999

Made

22nd June 1999

Coming into force

in accordance with Article 1

At the Court at Windsor Castle, the 22nd day of June 1999

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 1(2) of the Fishery Limits Act 1976(1) or otherwise in Her Majesty vested, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:–

1.  This Order may be cited as the Fishery Limits Order 1999 and shall come into force on the date on which the Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Denmark together with the Home Government of the Faeroe Islands, on the one hand, and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, on the other hand, relating to Maritime Delimitation in the area between the Faeroe Islands and the United Kingdom enters into force. This date shall be notified in the London, Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes.

2.  It is hereby declared that between Latitude 63° 53' 14.93" N, Longitude 00° 29' 19.55" W, and Latitude 60° 09' 05" N, Longitude 13° 16' 05" W, British fishery limits extend to the geodesic lines specified in the Schedule to this Order.

A K Galloway

Clerk of the Privy Council

SCHEDULE

The geodesic lines referred to in Article 2 of the Order are those joining, in the order specified, the points whose co-ordinates are specified below:

Co-ordinates of Latitude and Longitude

The above points are defined by geographic latitude and longitude in accordance with European Datum (First Adjustment 1950) (ED50).
1.	63° 53' 14.93" N	00° 29' 19.55" W
2.	63° 40' 40" N	00° 47' 37" W
3.	61° 59' 16" N	03° 03' 13" W
4.	61° 52' 09" N	03° 11' 37" W
5.	61° 21' 39" N	03° 47' 47" W
6.	61° 07' 41" N	03° 59' 30" W
7.	61° 04' 29" N	04° 02' 19" W
8.	61° 02' 48" N	04° 03' 45" W
9.	60° 55' 01" N	04° 10' 23" W
10.	60° 51' 51" N	04° 13' 54" W
11.	60° 47' 45" N	04° 18' 26" W
12.	60° 24' 07" N	04° 44' 10" W
13.	60° 21' 08" N	04° 56' 34" W
14.	60° 18' 47" N	05° 24' 05" W
15.	60° 13' 10" N	06° 24' 56" W
16.	59° 59' 35" N	09° 43' 30" W
17.	60° 02' 28" N	10° 33' 29" W
18.	60° 03' 08" N	10° 52' 50" W
19.	60° 02' 53" N	11° 16' 20" W
20.	60° 07' 21" N	12° 17' 30" W
21.	60° 09' 05" N	13° 16' 05" W

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends British fishery limits to reflect the Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Denmark together with the Home Government of the Faeroe Islands, on the one hand, and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, on the other hand, relating to the Maritime Delimitation in the area between the Faeroe Islands and the United Kingdom (Cm. 4373).

(1)

1976 c. 86