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ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA DELIMITATION OF MARITIME SPACE (GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND AND THE GOVERNMENT OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA ESTABLISHING A MARITIME BOUNDARY BETWEEN ANGUILLA AND ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA) (RATIFICATION OF AGREEMENT) ACT, 2022 No.

3 of 2022 [Published in the Official Gazette Vol.

XLII No.

23 dated 21st April, 2022.]

________ Printed at the Government Printing Office, Antigua and Barbuda, By Noel F. Abraham, Government Printer — By Authority, 2022.
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ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA DELIMITATION OF MARITIME SPACE (GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND AND THE GOVERNMENT OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA ESTABLISHING A MARITIME BOUNDARY BETWEEN ANGUILLA AND ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA) (RATIFICATION OF AGREEMENT) ACT, 2022 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS SECTION 1.

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I Assent, Rodney Williams, Governor-General.

20th April, 2022.
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ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA DELIMITATION OF MARITIME SPACE (GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND AND THE GOVERNMENT OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA ESTABLISHING A MARITIME BOUNDARY BETWEEN ANGUILLA AND ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA) (RATIFICATION OF AGREEMENT) ACT, 2022 No.
3 of 2022 AN ACT to provide for the ratification of the agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of Antigua and Barbuda Establishing a Maritime boundary between Anguilla and Antigua and Barbuda.

ENACTED by the Parliament of Antigua and Barbuda as follows — No.
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Short title This Act may be cited as the Delimitation of Maritime Space (Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of Antigua and Barbuda establishing a boundary between Anguilla and Antigua and Barbuda) (Ratification of Agreement) Act, 2022.

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Commencement This Act shall come into effect upon publication in the Gazette.

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Ratification The Agreement signed on the 27th July 2021 at St. John’s in Antigua and Barbuda by the Honourable Gaston Browne in his capacity as Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda on behalf of the Government of Antigua and Barbuda and Miss Lindsy Thompson the Resident British Commissioner on behalf of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is hereby ratified.

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SCHEDULE TREATY BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND AND THE GOVERNMENT OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA ESTABLISHING A MARITIME BOUNDARY BETWEEN ANGUILLA AND ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA The Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, in respect of itself and Anguilla, and the Government of Antigua and Barbuda (the "Parties"); Conscious of the cordial relations between the Parties based on the principles of good neighbourliness and the importance of the marine environment to their peoples; Having regard to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, concluded at Montego Bay on 10th December 1982, to which Antigua and Barbuda and the United Kingdom are Parties; Desiring to establish an all-purpose maritime boundary between the United Kingdom, in respect of Anguilla, and Antigua and Barbuda; Have agreed as follows: ARTICLE 1 Maritime Boundary (1) The boundary is understood to be an all-purpose boundary covering the water column, seabed and subsoil.
(2) The maritime boundary between Anguilla and Antigua and Barbuda shall be formed by geodesic lines connecting the following points: Point Latitude 18° 18’ 36.1’’ N 18° 18’ 45.2’’ N 18° 19’ 25.7’’ N 18° 37’ 04.1’’ N 18° 42’ 33.2’’ N 18° 48’ 02.3’’ N Longitude 062° 13’ 37.3’’ W 062° 13’ 37.3’’ W 062° 13’ 14.3’’ W 062° 03’ 11.3’’ W 062° 00’ 03.3’’ W 061° 56’ 55.1’’ W No.
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19° 05’ 39.8’’ N 19° 25’ 49.0’’ N 19° 27’ 09.0’’ N 19° 44’ 51.5’’ N 20° 02’ 33.4’’ N 20° 20’ 14.7’’ N 20° 35’ 59.6’’ N 20° 37’ 15.2’’ N 20° 54’ 55.3’’ N 061° 46’ 48.8’’ W 061° 35’ 12.4’’ W 061° 34’ 27.4’’ W 061° 24’ 28.5’’ W 061° 14’ 27.4’’ W 061° 04’ 24.1’’ W 060° 55’ 24.7’’ W 060° 54’ 41.4’’ W 060° 44’ 33.7’’ W (3) The line of delimitation is based on equidistance which is considered an equitable solution in this case.
(4) After Point 15, the maritime boundary between Anguilla and Antigua and Barbuda shall extend along a line with a geodetic azimuth of 28.3 degrees until it reaches the outer limit of the maritime jurisdiction of the Parties.

(5) Point 1 shall be the tripoint between the Parties and the Republic of France, as has been accepted in an exchange of diplomatic notes by the Republic of France.
(6) The geodetic reference system used to calculate the position of the points listed in the table in Article 1(2) is WGS 84.

(7) The boundary has been drawn, for the purposes of illustration only, on the map contained in the Annex to this Treaty.
ARTICLE 2 Parties' Positions on International Law of the Sea The maritime boundary established by this Treaty shall not affect or prejudice in any manner either Party's position with respect to the rules of international law relating to the law of the sea, including those concerned with the exercise of sovereignty, sovereign rights, or jurisdiction with respect to the water column, seabed or subsoil.

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ARTICLE 3 Dispute Resolution Any dispute between the Parties in relation to the interpretation or the application of this Treaty shall be settled peacefully by consultation and negotiation between the Parties, in accordance with international law.
ARTICLE 4 Amendment This Treaty may only be amended by mutual written agreement of the Parties.

ARTICLE 5 Entry into Force The Parties shall notify each other in writing of the completion of their domestic procedures necessary to bring this Treaty into force.

This Treaty shall enter into force 30 days after the receipt of the last notification of completion of the respective internal procedures.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, being duly authorised by their respective Governments, have signed this Treaty.

DONE in duplicate at St. John’s this 27th day of July 2021 For the Government of Antigua and Barbuda: For the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Honourable Gaston Browne Prime Minister Ms. Lindsy Thompson Resident British Commissioner No.
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ANNEX ILLUSTRATIVE MAP Delimitation of Maritime Space (Government of 10 No.
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Passed by the House of Representatives on the 15th March, 2022.

Passed by the Senate on the 28th March, 2022.

Gerald Watt, Q.C., Speaker.

Osbert Frederick, Vice President.

A. Peters, Clerk to the House of Representatives.

A. Peters, Clerk to the Senate.