Act of Parliament | |
Long title | An Act to make provision as to the exploration and exploitation of the continental shelf; to enable effect to be given to certain provisions of the Convention on the High Seas done in Geneva on 29th April 1958; and for matters connected with those purposes. |
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Citation | 1964 c. 29 |
Dates | |
Royal assent | 15 April 1964 |
Commencement | 15 April 1964 |
Status: Amended | |
Text of statute as originally enacted | |
Revised text of statute as amended |
The Continental Shelf Act 1964 (c. 29) is a UK Act of Parliament that governs drilling for oil on the continental shelf around the British Isles. It extended the land regime to areas outside UK territorial waters, where international law recognised the UK right to the seabed, subsoil and natural resources.