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4.—(1) “Scottish offshore area” means such of the offshore area adjacent to Scotland which lies to the north of the Scottish border.
(2) The Scottish border is—
(a)in the North Sea, a line beginning with the co-ordinate 55º 50’ 00” N; 1º 27’ 31” W and then following, in an easterly direction, the parallel of latitude 55º 50’ 00” N until its intersection with the line dividing the United Kingdom and Germany;
(b)in the Irish Sea, a line between the following co-ordinates—
(i)54° 30’ 22” N; 4° 04’ 50” W;
(ii)54° 30’ 00” N; 4° 05’ 29” W;
(iii)54° 30’ 00” N; 5° 00’ 00” W.
(3) In this paragraph—
“co-ordinate” means a co-ordinate of latitude and longitude on the World Geodetic System 1984;
“line dividing the United Kingdom and Germany” means the dividing line as defined in Article 1 of the Agreement between the United Kingdom and the Federal Republic of Germany relating to the Delimitation of the Continental Shelf under the North Sea between the two countries, signed in London on 25th November 1971(1);
“line” means a loxodromic line.
Treaty Series No. 7 (1973) Cmnd. 5192.
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