1175550Edited by MartynC.110012693layer_information_pageund1449064502156050140900156050140955<p>The UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) comprises areas of the sea bed and subsoil beyond the territorial sea over which the UK exercises sovereign rights of exploration and exploitation of natural resources.</p> <p>The Continental Shelf (Designation of Areas) Order 2013 (made&nbsp;31 March 2014) &nbsp;delineates the shelf and replaced&nbsp;two previous Orders, dating to&nbsp;2000 and&nbsp;2001 that had been made&nbsp;under powers in&nbsp;The Continental Shelf Act 1964.</p> <p>See the legend tab on MS Maps NMPi layers for the various components of the limit; part of the limit is the Scottish Adjacent Waters Boundary.</p> full_html<p>The UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) comprises areas of the sea bed and subsoil beyond the territorial sea over which the UK exercises sovereign rights of exploration and exploitation of natural resources.</p> <p>The Continental Shelf (Designation of Areas) Order 2013 (made 31 March 2014)  delineates the shelf and replaced two previous Orders, dating to 2000 and 2001 that had been made under powers in The Continental Shelf Act 1964.</p> <p>See the legend tab on MS Maps NMPi layers for the various components of the limit; part of the limit is the Scottish Adjacent Waters Boundary.</p> 599451555various_maritime_limits_around_scotland.pngpublic://various_maritime_limits_around_scotland.pngimage/png12609411560499694imageVarious maritime limits around Scotland © Marine ScotlandVarious maritime limits around Scotland © Marine ScotlandVarious maritime limits around Scotland © Marine ScotlandVarious maritime limits around Scotland © Marine ScotlandVarious maritime limits around Scotland © Marine Scotland443691443691602<p>Under the Exclusive Economic Zone Order 2013, an exclusive economic zone (EEZ) (which may extend to 200 nautical miles from coastal baselines) was&nbsp;declared around the United Kingdom on 31 March 2014. At the same time the areas designated under&nbsp;the 1964 Act were&nbsp;made the same as those which form part of the EEZ, together with any areas of continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles from the United Kingdom's baselines within which the United Kingdom may exercise such rights.</p> full_html<p>Under the Exclusive Economic Zone Order 2013, an exclusive economic zone (EEZ) (which may extend to 200 nautical miles from coastal baselines) was declared around the United Kingdom on 31 March 2014. At the same time the areas designated under the 1964 Act were made the same as those which form part of the EEZ, together with any areas of continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles from the United Kingdom's baselines within which the United Kingdom may exercise such rights.</p> 4621148021334851175123512851295130514514794873sioc:Itemfoaf:Documentdc:datedc:createdxsd:dateTimedate_iso8601dc:modifiedxsd:dateTimedate_iso8601content:encodedsioc:has_creatorrelfoaf:namesioc:num_repliesxsd:integersioc:last_activity_datexsd:dateTimedate_iso8601https://marine.gov.scot/?q=information/continental-shelf-cs-designation-areas-order-2013010868911755512693publishedpublished55156050140911156050140910868911755512693publishedpublished55156050140911156050140910868911755512693publishedpublished551560501409111560501409