SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1
Minor and Consequential Amendments
1.—(1) In section 18(3) of the 1949 c. 74.Coast Protection Act 1949 (prohibition of excavation etc. of materials on or under the seashore) for the words “lying to seaward therefrom” there shall be substituted the words “of the sea-shore lying to seaward of their area but within three nautical miles of the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea adjacent to Great Britain is measured,”.
(2) In section 49(1) of that Act (interpretation) after the definition of “mortgage” there shall be inserted the following definition—
- “‘nautical miles’ means international nautical miles of 1,852 metres;”.
2. For the definition of “foreign sector of the continental shelf” in section 1(4) of the 1971 c. 61.Mineral Workings (Offshore Installations) Act 1971 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;”.
3. In section 6(1) of the 1975 c. 51.Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975 (offence of placing unauthorised fixed engine in inland or tidal waters) after the words “inland or tidal waters” there shall be inserted the words “which are within the area of any water authority”.
4.—(1) In section (1) of the 1979 c. 2.Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (interpretation) after the definition of “transit shed” there shall be inserted the following definition—
- “‘United Kingdom waters’ means any waters (including inland waters) within the seaward limits of the territorial sea of the United Kingdom;”.
(2) In section 35(7) of that Act (report inwards of ships and aircraft) for the words “within 12 nautical miles of the coast of the United Kingdom” there shall be substituted the words “in or over United Kingdom waters”.
(3) In that Act the words “in United Kingdom waters” shall be substituted—
- (a) in section 64(4) (clearance outwards of ships and aircraft) for the words “within the limits of a port or within 3 nautical miles of the coast of the United Kingdom”;
- (b) in section 88 (forfeiture of ship, aircraft or vehicle constructed etc. for concealing goods) for the words “within the limits of any port or within 3 or, being a British ship, 12 nautical miles of the coast of the United Kingdom”;
- (c) in section 89(1) and (2) (forfeiture of ship jettisoning cargo etc.) for the words “within 3 nautical miles of the coast of the United Kingdom”:
- (d) in section 142(2) (special provision as to forfeiture of larger ships) for the words “within 3 nautical miles of the coast of the United Kingdom”.
