Definition(s)
Continental Shelf
Continental shelf means the continental shelf (within the meaning of the Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973) adjacent to the coast of:
- Australia (including the coast of any island forming part of a State or Territory); or
- a Territory.
Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. Legislation
Continental Shelf
The continental shelf of a coastal State comprises the sea-bed and subsoil of the submarine areas that extend beyond its territorial sea throughout the natural prolongation of its land territory to the outer edge of the continental margin, or to a distance of 200 nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured where the outer edge of the continental margin does not extend up to that distance.
Source: United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), 1982. Legislation
Continental Shelf
The seabed and subsoil of the marine areas extending beyond the Norwegian territorial sea, throughout the natural prolongation of the Norwegian land territory to the outer edge of the continental margin, but no less than 200 nautical miles from the base lines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured, however, not beyond the median line to another state, unless otherwise can be derived from the rules of international law for the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles from the base lines, or from an agreement with the relevant state.
Source: Act 29 November 1996 No. 72 Relating to Petroleum Activities, Norway, amended June 2011. Legislation
Continental Shelf
By continental shelf shall be understood the sea bed and subsoil of the submarine areas that extend beyond the Norwegian territorial sea throughout the natural prolongation of its land territory to the outer edge of the continental margin, but no less than 200 nautical miles from the base lines from which the territorial sea has been measured, nevertheless not beyond the median line in relation to other states.
Source: Act 29 November 1996 No. 72 Relating to Petroleum Activities, Norway, amended June 2011. Legislation
Continental Shelf
Continental shelf: that part of the sea bed located beneath the North Sea and the subsoil thereof, over which the Kingdom, in accordance with the Treaty of the Law of the Sea, signed at Montego-Bay on 10 December 1982 (Tractatenblad 1983, 83), has sovereign rights, and which is located on the seaward side of the line referred to in Article 1.1 of the Wet grenzen Nederlandse territoriale zee.
Source: Mining Act of the Netherlands, Netherlands, 2003 (as amended up to 2012). Legislation
Continental Shelf
“Continental Shelf” means the seabed and sub-soil or submarine areas adjacent to the coast of India including its island but outside the area of its territorial waters, to a depth of 200 metres, or beyond that limit to where the depth of the superjacent water admits of the exploitation of natural resources of the areas.
Source: The Petroleum and Natural Gas Rules, 1959 (As amended from time to time), India, as amended as of May 2013. Regulations