Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2021

Contiguous zone

12. (1) The contiguous zone of the State is that portion of the sea within the exclusive economic zone that lies between the outer limit of the territorial sea and the outer limit of the contiguous zone.

(2) In this section “outer limit of the contiguous zone” means the line within the exclusive economic zone every point of which lies at a distance of 24 nautical miles from the nearest point of the baseline.