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Maritime Legislation in Ireland

• Maritime Jurisdiction Act, (Straight Baselines) Order, 1959
• Continental Shelf Act No. l4 of 11 June l968
• Continental Shelf (Designated Areas) Order, 1974
• Continental Shelf (Designated Areas) (No. 2) Order, l977 S.I. No. 22 of l977
• Continental Shelf (Designated Areas) Order, No. 92 of 1993.
• Continental Shelf (Protection of Installations) (Kinsale Head Field) Order, No. 285 of 1977
• Continental Shelf (Protection of Installations) (Ballycotton Field) Order, No. 226 of 1991.
• Continental Shelf (Protection of Installations) (Connemara Field) Order, No. 267 of 1997
• Continental Shelf (Protection of Installations) (Connemara Field) (Amendment) Order, No. 317 of 1997
• Continental Shelf (Corrib North, 18/20-2) Order, No. 226 of 1998
• Social Welfare (Continental Shelf) Regulations, No. 19 of 1978.
• Maritime Jurisdiction (Amendment) Act, No. 32 of 1964
• Maritime Jurisdiction (Amendment) Act 1964 (Commencement) Order, No. 197 of 1965
• Maritime Jurisdiction (Amendment) Act, 1964 (Specified States) Order, No. 198 of 1965.
• Maritime Jurisdiction (Amendment) Act, 1964 (Specified States) (Amendment) Order, No. 14 of 1967
• Maritime Jurisdiction (Amendment) Act, 1988
• Maritime Jurisdiction Acts, 1959 to 1988
• Maritime Jurisdiction Act, No. 22 of 1959
• Maritime Jurisdiction Act, 1959 (Charts) Order, No. 174 of 1959
• Maritime Jurisdiction (Exclusive Fishery Limits) Order, No. 320 of 1976
• Petroleum and other Minerals Development Act, No. 7 of 1960
• Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, No. 35 of 1995.
• Dumping At Sea Act, No. 14 of 1996.
• Gas Act, No. 30 of 1976.
• Gas (Amendment) Act, No. 17 of 1998
• Gas (Amendment) Act, No. 7 of 1993.
• Safety, Health and Welfare (Offshore Installations) Act, No. 18 of 1987.
• Sea Pollution (Amendment) Act, No. 18 of 1999
  

Maritime boundary delimitation agreements with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

• Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Republic of Ireland concerning the delimitation of areas of the continental shelf between the two countries, 7 November 1988
• Protocol supplementary to the agreement between the Government of Ireland and the Government of the United Kingdom concerning the delimitation of areas of the continental shelf between the two countries (7 November 1988), 8 December 1992
  

Recent Cases Regarding Maritime Delimitation:

• Cameroon/Nigeria Case
• Qatar/Bahrain case
• Greenland/Jan Mayen

"MOX PLANT" Decisions

• MOX Plant Provisional Measures
• Annex VII Arbitration - Permanent Court of Arbitration

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