The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution) (Limits) Regulations 2014

These Regulations specify the zone beyond the territorial sea around the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man in which the United Kingdom’s jurisdiction is exercisable in order to protect and preserve the marine environment. They give effect to Parts V and XII of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (Cmnd. 8941) which provide for coastal States to have jurisdiction over an exclusive economic zone for that purpose. The United Kingdom’s exclusive economic zone was declared by the Exclusive Economic Zone Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/3161) and the areas it comprises were defined in Schedule A to that Order. The areas specified in Schedule 1 to these Regulations are the areas comprising the United Kingdom’s exclusive economic zone.