The Pollution Prevention and Control (Designation of Directives) (Offshore) Order 2020

Citation, commencement, application and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Pollution Prevention and Control (Designation of Directives) (Offshore) Order 2020 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

(2) In article 2, paragraphs (a) to (d), (f) and (g) apply—

(a) to the United Kingdom territorial sea adjacent to—

(i) Northern Ireland; and

(ii) Scotland, except that part which extends seaward for 3 nautical miles from the landward baseline; and

(b) to the sea in any designated area within the meaning of the 1964 Act,

including the places above the sea and the bed and subsoil of the sea.

(3) In article 2, paragraph (e) of article 2 applies—

(a) to the United Kingdom territorial sea adjacent to Northern Ireland; and

(b) to the sea in any designated area within the meaning of the 1964 Act,

including the places above the sea and the bed and subsoil of the sea.

(4) In this Order—

“the 1964 Act” means the Continental Shelf Act 1964(1);

“the 1999 Act” means the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999; and

“baseline” means a baseline established by any Order in Council under section 1(1)(b) of the Territorial Sea 1987(2).

(1)

1964 c. 29. Section 1(7) was amended by section 103 of the Energy Act 2011 (c. 16). There are other amendments to the Act that are not relevant to this instrument.

(2)

1987 c. 49. The existing baselines were established by S.I. 2014/1353.