Statutory Instruments
2009 No. 223
Gas
Environmental Protection
The Gas Importation and Storage Zone (Designation of Area) Order 2009
Made
11th February 2009
Laid before Parliament
18th February 2009
Coming into force
6th April 2009
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 11th day of February 2009
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 1(5) of the Energy Act 2008( 1 ) is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order as follows—
1. This Order may be cited as the Gas Importation and Storage Zone (Designation of Area) Order 2009, and comes into force on 6th April 2009.
2. The rights to which section 1 of the Energy Act 2008 (exploitation of areas outside the territorial sea for gas importation and storage) applies shall be exercisable in those areas specified in the Schedule to the Merchant Shipping (Prevention and Pollution) (Limits) Regulations 1996( 2 ).
Judith Simpson
Clerk of the Privy Council
S.I. 1996/2128 ; there is one relevant amending instrument: S.I. 1997/506 .