Territorial Sea Act 1987

The Oil and Gas (Enterprise) Act 1982

7(1)For the definition of "cross-boundary field" in section 22(6) of the [1982 c. 23.] Oil and Gas (Enterprise) Act 1982 there shall be substituted the following definition—

  • 'cross-boundary field' means a field that extends across the boundary between waters falling within paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (4) above and a foreign sector of the continental shelf;.

(2)For the definition of "foreign sector of the continental shelf" in section 28(1) of that Act there shall be substituted the following definition—

  • 'foreign sector of the continental shelf' means an area within which rights are exercisable with respect to the sea bed and subsoil and their natural resources by a country or territory outside the United Kingdom;.