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Sections\n\nc\nRevised as at 16th day of June, 1998\nPage 3\n\nCAYMAN ISLANDS\n\nCONTINENTAL SHELF LAW\n(1998 Revision)\nArrangement of Sections\nSection\nPage\n1.\nShort title ...................................................................................................................................5\n2.\nDefinitions ..................................................................................................................................5\n3.\nExploration and exploitation of continental shelf .........................................................................5\n4.\nProtection of installations in designated areas ...........................................................................6\n5.\nApplication of criminal and civil law ............................................................................................6\n6.\nSafety of navigation ...................................................................................................................6\n7.\nEnforcement ..............................................................................................................................7\n8.\nDischarge of oil ..........................................................................................................................8\n9.\nAgreements and licences ...........................................................................................................8\n10.\nProsecution of offences .............................................................................................................8\n\nContinental Shelf Law (1998 Revision)\nSection 1\n\nc\nRevised as at 16th day of June, 1998\nPage 5\n\nCAYMAN ISLANDS\n\nCONTINENTAL SHELF LAW\n(1998 Revision)\nENACTED by the Legislature of the Cayman Islands.\n1.\nShort title\n1.\nThis Law may be cited as the Continental Shelf Law (1998 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referred to in\nsubsection (1) are exercisable, the Petroleum Law (1998 Revision) applies\nsubject to this Law.\n(3) The Governor may, from time to time by order, designate any area as an area\nwithin which the rights referred to in subsection (1) are exercisable.\n4.\nProtection of installations in designated areas\n4.\n(1) The Governor may, by order, for the purpose of protecting any installation in a\ndesignated area, prohibit or restrict ships from entering, without the permission\nof the Governor, such part of the zone extending to a distance of five hundred\nmetres around such installation as may be specified in such order.\n(2) If any ship enters any part of such a zone in contravention of an order made\nunder subsection (1), the owner or master thereof is guilty of an offence and\nliable on summary conviction to a fine of one thousand, five hundred dollars\nand to imprisonment for six months unless he proves that the prohibition was\nnot known, and would not, on reasonable inquiry, have become known to such\nowner or master.\n5.\nApplication of criminal and civil law\n5.\n(1) Any act or omission which \u2014\n(a)\ntakes place on, under or above an installation in a designated area or any\nwaters within five hundred metres of such an installation; and\n(b) would, if taking place in any part of the Islands, constitute an offence\nagainst any law of the Islands,\nshall be treated for the purpose of that law as taking place in the Islands.\n(2) The Governor may, by order, make provision for the determination in\naccordance with the laws of the Islands any questions arising out of acts or\nomissions taking place in a designated area, or any part thereof, in connection\nwith the exploration of the sea bed or sub-soil thereof or the exploitation of\ntheir natural resources and for conferring upon the courts of the Islands\njurisdiction thereover.\n(3) Jurisdiction conferred upon a court under this section is without prejudice to\nthe jurisdiction exercisable apart from this section by that or any other court.\n6.\nSafety of navigation\n6.\n(1) Whoever in a designated area without the written consent of the Governor \u2014\n(a)\nconstructs, alters or improves any works on, under or over any part of the\nsea bed; or\n(b) removes any object or any material from any part of the sea bed,\n\nContinental Shelf Law (1998 Revision)\nSection 7\n\nc\nRevised as at 16th day of June, 1998\nPage 7\n\nso that obstruction or danger to navigation is caused or is likely to result, is\nguilty of an offence.\n(2) Applications made to the Governor for his consent under subsection (1) shall\nbe supported by such plans and particulars as the Governor requires.\n(3) If the Governor is of the opinion that any operation in respect of which such\napplication is made to him is likely to result in obstruction or danger to\nnavigation he shall either refuse his consent or give his consent subject to such\nconditions as he may think fit having regard to the nature and extent of the\nobstruction or danger which appears to him would otherwise be caused or be\nlikely to result.\n(4) The consent of the Governor under this section has validity during such period\nas is specified in such consent and any renewal of such consent.\n7.\nEnforcement\n7.\n(1) Whoever \u2014\n(a)\ncarries out any operation in contravention of section 6(1); or\n(b) fails to comply with any condition subject to which the consent of the\nGovernor is given under that section,\nis guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine of three\nthousand dollars.\n(2) Without prejudice to subsection (1), whoever constructs, alters or improves\nany works in contravention of section 6 or fails to comply with any condition\nsubject to which the consent of the Governor is given, may be served with a\nnotice issued by the Governor requiring him within such period, not being less\nthan thirty days, as may be specified in such notice, to remove the works or\nmake such alteration thereto as may be specified therein and, if it appears to\nthe Governor urgently necessary so to do, the Governor may himself cause the\nworks to be removed or otherwise dealt with.\n(3) If, within the period specified in the notice under subsection (1), the person\nserved therewith fails to comply with it, the Governor may himself arrange for\nthe works to be removed or altered.\n(4) In any case in which the Governor, exercising the powers conferred by\nsubsection (2) or (3), arranges for the works to be removed or otherwise dealt\nwith, he shall be entitled to recover as a civil debt the expenses thereof as\ncertified by him, from the person by whom the works were constructed,\nremoved or improved.\n\nSection 8\nContinental Shelf Law\n\nPage 8\nRevised as at 16th day of June, 1998\nc\n\n8.\nDischarge of oil\n8.\n(1) If any oil to which this section applies or any mixture containing not less than\none part of such oil in fifteen thousand parts of the mixture is discharged or\nescapes 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