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The Fishing Waters (Designation) And Extended Maritime Jurisdiction Act (Act No. X Of 2005)

ACT No. X of 2005

AN ACT to make special provision for the designation of fishing waters and the extension of maritime jurisdiction

BE IT ENACTED by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the House of Representatives, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same as follows>–
1. The title of this Act is the Fishing Waters (Designation) and
Extended Maritime Jurisdiction Act, 2005.
2. (1) Subject to the provisions of subarticle (2) hereof, the Prime Minister may by Order published in the Gazette claim sovereign rights for Malta, for the purpose of exploring and exploiting, conserving and managing the living and, or non-living natural resources therein, over such areas of the marine waters beyond the limits laid down in article 3(2) of the Territorial Waters and Contiguous Zone Act as may be designated in the Order and thereupon the areas so designated shall consitute part of the fishing waters of Malta as provided in paragraph (c) of article 3 of the Fisheries Conservation and Management Act.
(2) The Prime Minister may also by Order published in the Gazette provide for the exercise of jurisdiction beyond the territorial waters of Malta with regard to –

Short title.

Sovereign rights over designated fishing waters.

Cap. 226.

Cap. 425.

A 280

Amendment of Territorial Waters and Contiguous Zone Act, Cap. 226.

(a) the establishment and use of artificial islands, installations and structures<
(b) marine scientific research< and
(c) the protection and preservation of the maritime environment.
(3) Any Order made under this article may contain any such terms or conditions as the Prime Minister may deem appropriate.
3. In subarticle (2) of article 3 of the Territorial Waters and Contiguous Zone Act, hereinafter referred to as “the Act”, for the words “Fish Industry Act” and for the marginal note “Cap. 138.” there shall be substituted the words “Fisheries Conservation and Management Act” and “Cap. 425.” respectively, and for the words “Malta shall extend” there shall be substituted the words “Malta shall, with respect to the exercise of sovereign rights for the purpose of exploring and exploiting, conserving and managing the living and, or non-living natural resources therein, extend”, and the Act shall be read and construed accordingly.
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Passed by the House of Representatives at Sitting No. 294 of 20th July, 2005.
ANTON TABONE

Speaker

RICHARD J. CAUCHI

Clerk to the House of Representatives

Ippubblikat mid-Dipartiment ta’ l-Informazzjoni (doi.gov.mt) — Valletta — Published by the Department of Information (doi.gov.mt) — Valletta

Mitbug[ fl-Istamperija tal-Gvern — Printed at the Government Printing Press

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