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3.—(1) For the purposes of the definition of “the Northern Ireland zone” in section 98(1) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998, the part of the sea within British fishery limits which is to be treated as adjacent to Northern Ireland shall, subject to paragraph (2), be the part which is within limits measured from baselines in Northern Ireland.
(2) Any part of the sea within British fishery limits which is within limits measured from baselines in Northern Ireland but which is separated from Northern Ireland by the boundary described in paragraph (3) shall not be treated as adjacent to Northern Ireland for the purposes mentioned in paragraph (1).
(3) The boundary—
(a)follows a loxodromic line joining the co-ordinates numbered 1 to 8 in the Schedule,
(b)then follows the seaward limit of the territorial sea of the United Kingdom adjacent to the Isle of Man to the point where it meets the seaward limit of the territorial sea of the United Kingdom adjacent to Scotland,
(c)then follows the seaward limit of the territorial sea of the United Kingdom adjacent to Scotland to the co-ordinate numbered 9 in the Schedule,
(d)then follows a loxodromic line joining the co-ordinates numbered 9 to 126 in the Schedule, and
(e)then follows the seaward limit of the territorial sea of the United Kingdom adjacent to Northern Ireland between the co-ordinates numbered 126 and 127 in the Schedule.
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