My bookmarksSign up free
Employment (Continental Shelf) Act 1978

Employment (Continental Shelf) Act 1978 s 2

s 2 Interpretation.

In section 1 above— “ cross-boundary petroleum field ” means a petroleum field that extends across the boundary between a designated area and a foreign sector of the continental shelf; “ designated area ” means an area designated under section 1(7) of the Continental Shelf Act 1964; “ foreign sector of the continental shelf ” means an area which is outside the territorial waters of any State and within which rights are exercisable by a State other than the United Kingdom with respect to the sea bed and subsoil and their natural resources; “ petroleum field ” means a geological structure identified as an oil or gas field by the Order in Council concerned.

Read this section in the full act →

Read the official text ↗

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

What to look at next