Section 287(5)

In this section— cross-boundary petroleum field means a petroleum field that extends across the boundary between the United Kingdom sector of the continental shelf and a foreign sector; foreign sector of the continental shelf means an area outside the territorial waters of any state, within which rights with respect to the sea-bed and subsoil and their natural resources are exercisable by a state other than the United Kingdom; petroleum field means a geological structure identified as an oil or gas field by the Order in Council concerned; and United Kingdom sector of the continental shelf means the areas designated under section 1(7) of the Continental Shelf Act 1964.

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-09-04