Section 201(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 of the continental shelf, “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 area designated under section 1(7) of the Continental Shelf Act 1964.

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