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PART 4
Continental shelf
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Continental shelf
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16. (1) The continental shelf of the State comprises the seabed and subsoil of the submarine areas that extend beyond the territorial sea throughout the natural prolongation of the land territory of the State to the outer limit of the continental shelf.
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(2) In this section “outer limit of the continental shelf” of the State means—
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(a) subject to paragraphs (b) and (c), the outer edge of the continental margin (within the meaning of article 76 of the Convention),
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(b) subject to paragraph (c), the line every point of which lies at a distance of 200 nautical miles from the nearest point on the baseline where the said continental margin does not extend to that distance, or
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(c) the line of delimitation of the continental shelf between the State and another state determined in accordance with article 83 of the Convention.
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