The Conservation of Seals (England) Order 1999

• Citation: S.I. 1999/3052
• Sections: 3

Section 1

(1) This Order may be cited as the Conservation of Seals (England) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 19th December 1999.

(2) This Order does not extend to Scotland.

Section 2

There is prohibited, within the territorial limits set out in article 3, the killing, injuring or taking of seals of the species known as Halichoerus grypus (grey seals) and Phoca vitulina (common seals).

Section 3

For the purposes of article 2, the territorial limits of this Order are—

(a) the counties of Durham, East Riding of Yorkshire, East Sussex, Essex, Hartlepool, Kent, Kingston-upon-Hull, Lincolnshire, the Medway Towns, Middlesbrough, Norfolk, North East Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire, North Yorkshire, Northumberland, Redcar and Cleveland, Southend-on-Sea, Stockton-on-Tees, Suffolk, Thurrock, Tyne and Wear and the administrative area of Greater London; and

(b) those territorial waters adjacent to England which are—

(i) to the south of a line drawn at 055 true from the point on the mainland at 55 48 .67 North latitude and 02 02 .0 West longitude; and

(ii) adjacent to any of the counties specified in paragraph (a) and, in the case of East Sussex, not further west than a line drawn true south from Newhaven Breakwater Head Light which is at 50 46 .5 North latitude and 00 03 .6 East longitude.