The Continental Shelf (Designation of Areas) Order 1964
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 12th day of May 1964
Present, The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council.
Whereas it is desirable, pending agreement with other Powers on the boundaries of the continental shelf appertaining to the United Kingdom and to such other Powers respectively, to designate certain areas outside the territorial waters of the United Kingdom as areas within which the rights of the United Kingdom with respect to the sea bed and subsoil and their natural resources ...