Oil Pollution of the Sea Act, 1956

SCHEDULE.

Prohibited Zones.

Section 9 .

Part I.

Initial Zones for Tankers.

1. The whole of the sea which lies—

(a) outside the territorial seas of the State, and

(b) within 100 miles from the coast of Ireland, Great Britain, Belgium, the Netherlands, the Federal Republic of Germany or Denmark.

2. The whole of the sea which lies—

(a) south of latitude 62° north, and

(b) within 50 miles from the coast of Norway.

3. So much of the Atlantic Ocean and of the English Channel, outside the territorial seas of the State, and outside the area specified in paragraph 1, as lies within a line drawn from a point on the Greenwich meridian 100 miles in a north-north-easterly direction from the Shetland Islands; thence northwards along the Greenwich meridian to latitude 64° north; thence westwards along the 64th parallel to longitude 10° west; thence to latitude 60° north, longitude 14° west; thence to latitude 54° 30′ north, longitude 30° west; thence to latitude 44° 20′ north, longitude 30° west; thence to latitude 48° north, longitude 14° west; thence eastwards along the 48th parallel to the coast of France.

Part II.

Initial Zones for Vessels other than Tankers.

1. The whole of the sea which lies—

(a) outside the territorial seas of the State, and

(b) within 100 miles from the coast of Ireland, Great Britain, Belgium, the Netherlands, the Federal Republic of Germany or Denmark, or within 100 miles from the coast of any of the Channel Islands.

2. The whole of the sea which lies—

(a) south of latitude 62° north, and

(b) within 50 miles from the coast of Norway.

Part III.

Additional Zones for Tankers.

1. The whole of the sea which lies within 50 miles from land, exclusive of—

(a) the areas specified in Part I,

(b) the territorial seas of the State, and

(c) the Adriatic Sea and the area specified in paragraph 3.

2. So much of the Adriatic Sea as lies within 50 miles from the coast of Albania, and so much of the remainder of the Adriatic Sea as lies within 30 miles from any other coast (the island of Vis being disregarded).

3. The whole of the sea which lies within 150 miles from the coasts of Australia, except off the north and west coasts of the Australian mainland between the point opposite Thursday Island and the point on the west coast at 20° south latitude.

Part IV.

Additional Zones for Vessels other than Tankers.

1. The whole of the sea which lies within 50 miles from land, exclusive of—

(a) the areas specified in Part II,

(b) the territorial seas of the State, and

(c) the Adriatic Sea.

2. So much of the Adriatic Sea as lies within 50 miles from the coast of Albania, and so much of the remainder of the Adriatic Sea as lies within 20 miles from any other coast (the island of Vis being disregarded).