Application of law of State to persons connected with the State etc in off‑shore waters
4 Application of law of State to persons connected with the State etc in off‑shore waters
Subject to subsection (2) of this section and to Part 2 of the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1982, and to regulations made under that Act, every law of the State that is not expressly or by necessary implication limited in application to acts or omissions occurring or matters, things or circumstances existing or arising within the State applies in, over or under off-shore waters to and in relation to—
a person connected with the State; or
a person who does any act or makes any omission affecting the person or property of a person connected with the State.
This section does not operate to apply criminal laws within the meaning of the Crimes (Offences at Sea) Act 1980 to any act, omission, circumstance or state of affairs to which those laws apply by virtue of that Act.
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