The Renewable Energy Zone (Designation of Area) (Scottish Ministers) Order 2005

Statutory Instruments

2005 No. 3153

ELECTRICITY

The Renewable Energy Zone (Designation of Area) (Scottish Ministers) Order 2005

Made

9th November 2005

Laid before Parliament

14th November 2005

Coming into force

9th December 2005

The Secretary of State makes the following Order, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 84(5) of the Energy Act 2004(1):—

1.  This Order may be cited as the Renewable Energy Zone (Designation of Area) (Scottish Ministers) Order 2005 and shall come into force on 9th December 2005.

2.  The area in relation to which the Scottish Ministers are to have functions shall be that part of the Renewable Energy Zone described in the Schedule to this Order.

3.  In this Order—

(a) “the Renewable Energy Zone” shall mean those areas of the sea specified in the Renewable Energy Zone (Designation of Area) Order 2004(2); and

(b) “co-ordinates” means co-ordinates on the World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS 84) compatible European Terrestrial Reference System 1989 (ETRS 89) geodetic datum.

Alan Johnson

Secretary of State for Trade and Industry

Department of Trade and Industry

9th November 2005

SCHEDULE

Article 2 of this Order applies to waters lying beyond the outer limit of the territorial sea adjacent to Scotland and bounded by a series of lines, as described below in the column headed “Line”, joining, in the Point Number order given, the co-ordinates described under the headings “Latitude” and “Longitude”.

Point Number	Latitude	Longitude	Link	Line
1	55°31'.22N	06°45'.00W	1-2	Meridian of Longitude
2	55°28'.00N	06°45'.00W	2-3	Parallel of Latitude
3	55°28'.00N	06°48'.00W	3-4	Meridian of Longitude
4	55°30'.00N	06°48'.00W	4-5	Parallel of Latitude
5	55°30'.00N	06°51'.00W	5-6	Meridian of Longitude
6	55°35'.00N	06°51'.00W	6-7	Parallel of Latitude
7	55°35'.00N	06°57'.00W	7-8	Meridian of Longitude
8	55°40'.00N	06°57'.00W	8-9	Parallel of Latitude
9	55°40'.00N	07°02'.00W	9-10	Meridian of Longitude
10	55°45'.00N	07°02'.00W	10-11	Parallel of Latitude
11	55°45'.00N	07°08'.00W	11-12	Meridian of Longitude
12	55°50'.00N	07°08'.00W	12-13	Parallel of Latitude
13	55°50'.00N	07°15'.00W	13-14	Meridian of Longitude
14	55°55'.00N	07°15'.00W	14-15	Parallel of Latitude
15	55°55'.00N	07°23'.00W	15-16	Meridian of Longitude
16	56°00'.00N	07°23'.00W	16-17	Parallel of Latitude
17	56°00'.00N	08°13'.00W	17-18	Meridian of Longitude
18	56°50'.00N	08°13'.00W	18-19	Parallel of Latitude
19	56°50'.00N	08°39'.50W	19-20	Meridian of Longitude
20	56°10'.00N	08°39'.50W	20-21	Parallel of Latitude
21	56°10'.00N	09°07'.00W	21-22	Meridian of Longitude
22	56°21'.50N	09°07'.00W	22-23	Parallel of Latitude
23	56°21'.50N	10°30'.00W	23-24	Meridian of Longitude
24	56°32'.50N	10°30'.00W	24-25	Parallel of Latitude
25	56°32'.50N	12°12'.00W	25-26	Meridian of Longitude
26	56°42'.00N	12°12'.00W	26-27	Parallel of Latitude
27	56°42'.00N	14°00'.00W	27-28	Meridian of Longitude
28	56°49'.00N	14°00'.00W	28-29	Parallel of Latitude
29	56°49'.00N	14°30'.57W	29-30)	Arcs measured 200 nautical miles from the relevant basepoints on St. Kilda from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured
30	57°52'.37N	14°53'.37W	30-31)
31	58°30'.00N	14°48'.97W	31-32)
32	59°00'.00N	14°35'.12W	32-33)
33	59°40'.90N	13°58'.17W	33-34)
34	59°50'.00N	13°46'.40W	34-35	Parallel of Latitude
35	59°49'.96N	05°00'.11W	35-36	Meridian of Longitude
36	60°09'.96N	05°00'.11W	36-37	Parallel of Latitude
37	60°09'.96N	04°48'.11W	37-38	Meridian of Longitude
38	60°19'.96N	04°48'.11W	38-39	Parallel of Latitude
39	60°19'.96N	04°24'.11W	39-40	Meridian of Longitude
40	60°39'.96N	04°24'.11W	40-41	Parallel of Latitude
41	60°39'.96N	04°00'.11W	41-42	Meridian of Longitude
42	60°59'.97N	04°00'.11W	42-43	Parallel of Latitude
43	60°59'.97N	03°36'.11W	43-44	Meridian of Longitude
44	61°29'.97N	03°36'.11W	44-45	Parallel of Latitude
45	61°29'.97N	03°00'.11W	45-46	Meridian of Longitude
46	61°44'.97N	03°00'.11W	46-47	Parallel of Latitude
47	61°44'.97N	02°48'.11W	47-48	Meridian of Longitude
48	61°59'.97N	02°48'.11W	48-49	Parallel of Latitude
49	61°59'.97N	02°00'.11W	49-50	Meridian of Longitude
50	62°29'.97N	02°00'.12W	50-51	Parallel of Latitude
51	62°29'.97N	01°36'.11W	51-52	Meridian of Longitude
52	62°39'.97N	01°36'.12W	52-53	Parallel of Latitude
53	62°39'.97N	01°00'.11W	53-54	Meridian of Longitude
54	63°19'.97N	01°00'.12W	54-55	Parallel of Latitude
55	63°19'.97N	00°30'.12W	55-56	Meridian of Longitude
56	63°38'.15N	00°30'.12W	56-57	Parallel of Latitude
57	63°38'.15N	00°11'.11W	57-58	Geodesic
58	63°03'.32N	00°28'.10E	58-59	Geodesic
59	62°58'.32N	00°33'.40E	59-60	Geodesic
60	62°53'.46N	00°38'.35E	60-61	Geodesic
61	62°44'.24N	00°47'.35E	61-62	Geodesic
62	62°39'.94N	00°51'.38E	62-63	Geodesic
63	62°36'.32N	00°54'.64E	63-64	Geodesic
64	62°32'.76N	00°57'.70E	64-65	Geodesic
65	62°30'.14N	00°59'.99E	65-66	Geodesic
66	62°27'.52N	01°02'.19E	66-67	Geodesic
67	62°24'.92N	01°04'.32E	67-68	Geodesic
68	62°22'.32N	01°06'.36E	68-69	Geodesic
69	62°19'.65N	01°08'.41E	69-70	Geodesic
70	62°16'.70N	01°10'.57E	70-71	Geodesic
71	61°44'.17N	01°33'.12E	71-72	Geodesic
72	61°44'.17N	01°33'.49E	72-73	Arc of Great Circle
73	61°21'.37N	01°47'.30E	73-74	Arc of Great Circle
74	59°53'.77N	02°04'.50E	74-75	Arc of Great Circle
75	59°17'.37N	01°42'.60E	75-76	Arc of Great Circle
76	58°25'.76N	01°28'.90E	76-77	Arc of Great Circle
77	57°54'.26N	01°57'.81E	77-78	Arc of Great Circle
78	56°36'.52N	02°36'.29E	78-79	Geodesic
79	56°36'.55N	02°29'.87E	79-80	Geodesic
80	56°36'.65N	01°59'.87E	80-81	Geodesic
81	56°36'.61N	01°29'.87E	81-82	Geodesic
82	56°36'.53N	01°10'.44E	82-83	Geodesic
83	56°36'.43N	00°57'.28E	83-84	Geodesic
84	56°36'.21N	00°47'.76E	84-85	Geodesic
85	56°34'.65N	00°26'.05E	85-86	Geodesic
86	56°33'.63N	00°13'.10E	86-87	Geodesic
87	56°32'.68N	00°01'.74E	87-88	Geodesic
88	56°30'.20N	00°17'.26W	88-89	Geodesic
89	56°27'.66N	00°35'.29W	89-90	Geodesic
90	56°27'.16N	00°38'.79W	90-91	Geodesic
91	56°23'.65N	00°50'.57W	91-92	Geodesic
92	56°22'.26N	00°55'.17W	92-93	Geodesic
93	56°11'.68N	01°11'.44W	93-94	Geodesic
94	56°01'.90N	01°26'.13W	94-95	Geodesic
95	55°58'.02N	01°33'.92W	95-96	Geodesic
96	55°56'.50N	01°39'.00W	96-97	Geodesic
97	55°56'.00N	01°40'.68W	97-98	Geodesic
98	55°55'.03N	01°43'.61W

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order describes the area of that part of the United Kingdom Renewable Energy Zone, (designated by an Order in Council, made on the 13th October 2004, as an area of the sea beyond the Territorial Sea which may be exploited for energy production) in which the Scottish Ministers are to have functions. This Order of itself does not devolve functions. Such a step would be undertaken subsequent to the making of this Order, via a Transfer of Functions Order under the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46).

Points numbers 78 to 98 in the Schedule to this Order coincide with the England/Scotland fishing boundary off the east coast of Great Britain, from the median line to the outer boundary of the territorial sea, as set out in the Scottish Adjacent Waters Boundaries Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1126).

A map of the part of the Renewable Energy Zone where the Scottish Ministers are to have functions is available at www.ukho.gov.uk. It can be found at “Law of the Sea”, then link to “UK limits” and can be downloaded to A3 size. Copies can be obtained from the Law of the Sea Division, UK Hydrographic Office, Taunton TA1 2DN.

(1)

2004 c. 20.

(2)

S.I. 2004/2668.