Sea Installations Act 1987

Subject to subsection (3), for the purposes of this Act, a sea installation shall be taken to be installed in an adjacent area if:

the installation is in, or is brought into, physical contact with a part of the seabed in the adjacent area; or

the installation is in, or is brought into, physical contact with another sea installation that is to be taken to be installed in the adjacent area under paragraph (a).

For the purposes of this Act, a sea installation shall be taken to be installed in an adjacent area at a particular time if the whole or part of the installation:

is in that adjacent area at that time; and

has been in a particular locality:

that is circular and has a radius of 20 nautical miles; and

the whole or part of which is in that adjacent area;

a continuous period of at least 30 days that immediately precedes that time; or

one or more periods, during the 60 days that immediately precede that time, that in sum amount to at least 40 days.

Where a sea installation, being a ship or an aircraft:

is brought into physical contact with a part of the seabed in an adjacent area; or

is in, or is brought into, physical contact with another sea installation that is to be taken to be installed in an adjacent area;

in the case of a ship, or an aircraft, registered under the law of a foreign country—30 days; or

in any other case—14 days;

A sea installation shall not be taken to be installed in an adjacent area for the purposes of this Act unless it is to be taken to be so installed under subsection (1) or (2).

For the purposes of this Act, a sea installation shall be taken to be brought into physical contact with a part of the seabed if the installation is connected with the part by a cable or other device.