Telecommunications Act 1984
c. 12
99
107.-(1) An Order in Council under section 23 of the Oil and PART VTT
Gas (Enterprise) Act 1982 (application of civil law) may make Application
provision for treating for the purposes of this Act and subordinate to territorial
waters and the
legislation made under
continental
(a) any installation in waters to which that section applies shelf etc.
and with respect to which provision is made under 1982 c. 23.
it-
that section ; and
any waters within five hundred metres of such an
installation,
as if they were situated in such part of the United Kingdom as
may be specified in the Order ; and different provision may be
so made for different purposes.
(2) In section 6 of the Continental Shelf Act 1964 (which 1964 c. 29.
makes, in relation to the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949 and 1949 c. 54.
regulations made under it, provision corresponding to that made
by subsection (1) above) for the words " an area or part " there
shall be substituted the words " waters to which that section
applies and ".
(3) In relation to any time before the coming into force of
the said section 23, subsection (1) above shall have effect as
(a) for the words " section 23 of the Oil and Gas (Enterprise)
Act 1982 " there were substituted the words " section 3
of the Continental Shelf Act 1964 " ; and
(b) for the words " waters to which that section applies
and " there were substituted the words " an area or
part ".
(4) In this sectioninstallation " includes any floating structure or device
maintained on a station by whatever means ;
" subordinate legislation " has the same meaning as in the 19'78 c. 30.
Interpretation Act 1978.
(b)
if-
108. Her Majesty may by Order in Council direct that any of Extension to
the provisions of this Act specified in the Order shall extend to the isle of
the
the Isle of Man or any of the Channel Islands with such excep-Man
Channel
tions, adaptations and modifications as may be so specified.
; ,lands.
109-0) The enactments mentioned in Schedule 4 to this Act Amendments,
shall have effect subject to the amendments there specified (being transitional
and
minor amendments or amendments consequential on the preceding provisions of this Act).
provisions
(2) The Secretary of State may by order make such consequential modifications of any provision contained in any Act
(whether public general or local) passed, or subordinate legislation made, before the coming into force of the relevant