Jersey Law 20/1994

TERRITORIAL SEA (CONSEQUENTIAL PROVISIONS) (JERSEY) LAW 1994

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A LAW   to provide for various matters in consequence of the extension of the territorial sea adjacent to the Island, sanctioned by Order of Her Majesty in Council of the

22nd day of JUNE 1994

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(Registered on the 12th day of August 1994

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STATES OF JERSEY

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The 9th day of November 1993

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THE STATES, subject to the sanction of Her Most Excellent Majesty in Council, have adopted the following Law –

ARTICLE 1

Interpretation

(1)           In this Law, unless the context otherwise requires –

“the Act” means the Territorial Sea Act 1987 of the United Kingdom as it has effect in the Island by virtue of an Order in Council under sub-section (4) of section 4 of that Act; and

“the extended territorial sea” means any area which becomes part of the territorial sea adjacent to the Island under or by virtue of section 1 of the Act.

(2)           Unless the context otherwise requires, a reference in this Law to an enactment –

(a)     is a reference to that enactment as amended from time to time;

(b)     includes an enactment of the United Kingdom as extended or applied to the Island.

ARTICLE 2

General modifications of enactments

Subject to the provisions of this Law, a reference, however worded, in any enactment, whether passed before or after the commencement of this Article, to the territorial sea adjacent to the Island shall be construed in accordance with the provisions of section 1 of the Act and with any provision made or having effect as if made, under that section.

ARTICLE 3

Amendment of enactments

(1)           The enactments specified in the Schedule to this Law shall be amended in accordance with that Schedule (being minor amendments and amendments consequential on the extension of the territorial sea).

(2)           The States may make Regulations amending any enactment passed or made before this Law comes into force to an extent similar in nature to the amendments made by the Schedule to this Law.

ARTICLE 4

Short title and commencement

This Law may be cited as the Territorial Sea (Consequential Provisions) (Jersey) Law 1994 and shall come into force on such day as the States may by Act appoint and different days may be appointed for different provisions, for different purposes and for different areas of the extended territorial sea.

C.M. NEWCOMBE

Deputy Greffier of the States.

SCHEDULE

(Article 4(1))

Amendment of enactments

Public Health (Vessels and Aircraft) (Jersey) Law 19501

1.             In Article 1 –

(a)     delete the definition of “coastal waters”; and

(b)     after the definition of “the Committee” insert the following definition –

“ ‘territorial sea’ means the territorial sea adjacent to the Island;”.

2.             In paragraph (1) of Article 2, for the words “coastal waters” substitute the words “territorial sea”.

Sea Beaches (Removal of Sand and Stone) (Jersey) Law 19632

3.             In sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (1) of Article 1 for the words “the waters around the Island” substitute the words “the territorial sea adjacent to the Island”.