Environmental Protection Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Scottish Marine Regions Order 2015 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made. 2 In this Order “co-ordinate” means a co-ordinate on the Ordnance Survey of Great Britain 1936 Datum. 3 In relation to any co-ordinates, including any list of co-ordinates, a reference to a line in this Order means— a except in the case mentioned in sub-paragraph (b), a loxodromic line; and b in the case of a reference to a line of shortest distance, a line of the shortest planar distance on the British National Grid Projection . The Scottish marine region for the Solway 2 1 That part of the Scottish marine area , the boundaries of which are identified in paragraphs (2) to (4), is designated as a Scottish marine region to be known as ‘the Scottish marine region for the Solway’. 2 It is bounded to the east, south-east, south, south-west and west by the limit of the Scottish marine area between— a the most north-easterly point on the landward limit of the Scottish marine area adjacent to the River Sark; and b the co-ordinate 55°00′31″ north latitude, 05°32′58″ west longitude . 3 It is bounded to the north-west by— a firstly, a line between the co-ordinates 55°00′31″ north latitude, 05°32′58″ west longitude and 54°59′52″ north latitude, 05°02′23″ west longitude, defined by joining sequentially the following co-ordinates— Co-ordinate North Latitude West Longitude 1 55°00′31″ 05°32′58″ 2 55°01′45″ 05°04′59″ 3 55°01′33″ 05°04′48″ 4 55°00′58″ 05°04′22″ 5 55°00′35″ 05°04′16″ 6 55°00′19″ 05°04′03″ 7 55°00′13″ 05°03′51″ 8 55°00′06″ 05°03′43″ 9 54°59′37″ 05°03′16″ 10 54°59′44″ 05°02′48″ 11 54°59′52″ 05°02′23″ ; and b secondly, a line between— i the co-ordinate 54°59′52″ north latitude, 05°02′23″ west longitude; and ii the point on the mainland of Scotland where a line between the co-ordinates 54°59′52″ north latitude, 05°02′23″ west longitude and 55°00′06″ north latitude, 05°01′30″ west longitude intersects the landward limit of the Scottish marine area. 4 It is bounded to the north and north-east by the landward limit of the Scottish marine area between— a the point described in paragraph (3)(b)(ii); and b the point described in paragraph (2)(a). The Scottish marine region for the Clyde 3 1 That part of the Scottish marine area, the boundaries of which are identified in paragraphs (2) to (5), is designated as a Scottish marine region to be known as ‘the Scottish marine region for the Clyde’. 2 It is bounded to the south by— a firstly, a line between— i the point on the mainland of Scotland where a line between the co-ordinates 55°00′06″ north latitude, 05°01′30″ west longitude and 54°59′52″ north latitude, 05°02′23″ west longitude intersects the landward limit of the Scottish marine area; and ii the co-ordinate 54°59′52″ north latitude, 05°02′23″ west longitude; and b secondly, a line between the co-ordinates 54°59′52″ north latitude, 05°02′23″ west longitude and 55°00′31″ north latitude, 05°32′58″ west longitude, defined by joining sequentially the following co-ordinates— Co-ordinate North Latitude West Longitude 1 54°59′52″ 05°02′23″ 2 54°59′44″ 05°02′48″ 3 54°59′37″ 05°03′16″ 4 55°00′06″ 05°03′43″ 5 55°00′13″ 05°03′51″ 6 55°00′19″ 05°04′03″ 7 55°00′35″ 05°04′16″ 8 55°00′58″ 05°04′22″ 9 55°01′33″ 05°04′48″ 10 55°01′45″ 05°04′59″ 11 55°00′31″ 05°32′58″ 3 It is bounded to the south-west by the seaward limit of the Scottish marine area between the co-ordinates 55°00′31″ north latitude, 05°32′58″ west longitude and 55°13′12″ north latitude, 05°53′33″ west longitude . 4 It is bounded to the west by— a firstly, a line between the co-ordinates 55°13′12″ north latitude, 05°53′33″ west longitude and 55°17′56″ north latitude, 05°47′54″ west longitude, defined by joining sequentially the following co-ordinates— Co-ordinate North Latitude West Longitude 1 55°13′12″ 05°53′33″ 2 55°17′47″ 05°48′22″ 3 55°17′56″ 05°47′54″ ; and b secondly, a line between— i the co-ordinate 55°17′56″ north latitude, 05°47′54″ west longitude; and ii the point on the mainland of Scotland where a line between the co-ordinates 55°17′56″ north latitude, 05°47′54″ west longitude and 55°18′25″ north latitude, 05°47′08″ west longitude intersects the landward limit of the Scottish marine area. 5 It is bounded to the west, north and east by the landward limit of the Scottish marine area between— a the point described in paragraph (4)(b)(ii); and b the point described in paragraph (2)(a)(i). The Scottish marine region for Argyll 4 1 That part of the Scottish marine area, the boundaries of which are identified in paragraphs (2) to (6), is designated as a Scottish marine region to be known as ‘the Scottish marine region for Argyll’. 2 It is bounded to the south by— a firstly, a line between— i the point on the mainland of Scotland where a line between the co-ordinates 55°18′25″ north latitude, 05°47′08″ west longitude and 55°17′56″ north latitude, 05°47′54″ west longitude intersects the landward limit of the Scottish marine area; and ii the co-ordinate 55°17′56″ north latitude, 05°47′54″ west longitude; and b secondly, a line between the co-ordinates 55°17′56″ north latitude, 05°47′54″ west longitude and 55°13′12″ north latitude, 05°53′33″ west longitude, defined by joining sequentially the following co-ordinates— Co-ordinate North Latitude West Longitude 1 55°17′56″ 05°47′54″ 2 55°17′47″ 05°48′22″ 3 55°13′12″ 05°53′33″ 3 It is bounded to the south-west and west by the seaward limit of the Scottish marine area between— a the co-ordinate 55°13′12″ north latitude, 05°53′33″ west longitude; and b the point at which it meets the line described in paragraph (4)(a). 4 It is bounded to the north-west by— a firstly, a line of shortest distance between the seaward limit of the Scottish marine area and the co-ordinate 56°27′52″ north latitude, 07°40′34″ west longitude; and b secondly, a line joining the co-ordinates 56°27′52″ north latitude, 07°40′34″ west longitude and 56°47′29″ north latitude, 07°01′55″ west longitude, defined by joining sequentially the following co-ordinates— Co-ordinate North Latitude West Longitude 1 56°27′52″ 07°40′34″ 2 56°32′52″ 07°29′15″ 3 56°43′12″ 07°13′38″ 4 56°44′33″ 07°10′04″ 5 56°45′06″ 07°08′15″ 6 56°45′54″ 07°05′50″ 7 56°47′29″ 07°01′55″ 5 It is bounded to the north-east by— a firstly, a line between the co-ordinates 56°47′29″ north latitude, 07°01′55″ west longitude and 56°37′16″ north latitude, 05°19′27″ west longitude, defined by joining sequentially the following co-ordinates— Co-ordinate North Latitude West Longitude 1 56°47′29″ 07°01′55″ 2 56°46′45″ 06°57′54″ 3 56°46′45″ 06°57′12″ 4 56°47′26″ 06°48′13″ 5 56°47′44″ 06°45′42″ 6 56°48′38″ 06°40′07″ 7 56°50′05″ 06°32′53″ 8 56°49′00″ 06°30′26″ 9 56°47′17″ 06°26′10″ 10 56°46′53″ 06°25′07″ 11 56°45′39″ 06°22′11″ 12 56°43′30″ 06°20′58″ 13 56°42′36″ 06°20′36″ 14 56°41′42″ 06°20′12″ 15 56°40′27″ 06°19′42″ 16 56°40′24″ 06°19′33″ 17 56°40′19″ 06°17′26″ 18 56°40′12″ 06°15′39″ 19 56°40′05″ 06°14′38″ 20 56°40′06″ 06°13′34″ 21 56°39′56″ 06°10′51″ 22 56°40′05″ 06°09′50″ 23 56°40′06″ 06°08′39″ 24 56°40′11″ 06°08′12″ 25 56°40′20″ 06°06′58″ 26 56°40′17″ 06°06′42″ 27 56°40′15″ 06°06′14″ 28 56°39′54″ 06°04′29″ 29 56°39′54″ 06°04′04″ 30 56°39′31″ 06°02′33″ 31 56°38′56″ 06°02′18″ 32 56°38′21″ 06°01′57″ 33 56°37′57″ 06°01′27″ 34 56°37′36″ 06°01′15″ 35 56°36′40″ 06°00′36″ 36 56°36′36″ 06°00′28″ 37 56°36′25″ 06°00′14″ 38 56°36′14″ 05°59′54″ 39 56°36′11″ 05°59′51″ 40 56°35′44″ 05°59′39″ 41 56°35′33″ 05°59′29″ 42 56°35′25″ 05°59′18″ 43 56°35′13″ 05°58′42″ 44 56°35′10″ 05°58′35″ 45 56°34′43″ 05°58′18″ 46 56°34′29″ 05°57′57″ 47 56°34′17″ 05°57′46″ 48 56°34′11″ 05°57′44″ 49 56°33′47″ 05°57′13″ 50 56°33′32″ 05°56′59″ 51 56°33′22″ 05°56′47″ 52 56°33′08″ 05°56′37″ 53 56°32′50″ 05°56′10″ 54 56°32′46″ 05°54′51″ 55 56°32′53″ 05°55′50″ 56 56°32′38″ 05°54′13″ 57 56°32′23″ 05°53′23″ 58 56°32′05″ 05°53′07″ 59 56°32′02″ 05°52′54″ 60 56°32′00″ 05°52′27″ 61 56°31′59″ 05°51′48″ 62 56°31′57″ 05°51′17″ 63 56°31′46″ 05°50′24″ 64 56°31′39″ 05°50′00″ 65 56°31′41″ 05°49′20″ 66 56°31′39″ 05°49′07″ 67 56°31′30″ 05°48′39″ 68 56°31′29″ 05°48′06″ 69 56°31′30″ 05°47′54″ 70 56°31′29″ 05°47′33″ 71 56°31′28″ 05°47′31″ 72 56°31′20″ 05°46′47″ 73 56°30′54″ 05°46′19″ 74 56°30′27″ 05°45′23″ 75 56°30′14″ 05°44′39″ 76 56°30′08″ 05°44′30″ 77 56°30′07″ 05°44′27″ 78 56°30′09″ 05°43′49″ 79 56°30′07″ 05°43′10″ 80 56°30′06″ 05°42′57″ 81 56°29′29″ 05°42′06″ 82 56°29′10″ 05°41′31″ 83 56°29′02″ 05°41′12″ 84 56°28′54″ 05°40′13″ 85 56°28′51″ 05°39′15″ 86 56°28′53″ 05°39′03″ 87 56°28′56″ 05°38′25″ 88 56°29′15″ 05°38′08″ 89 56°29′59″ 05°37′12″ 90 56°30′20″ 05°36′26″ 91 56°30′42″ 05°35′24″ 92 56°30′49″ 05°34′51″ 93 56°31′02″ 05°34′07″ 94 56°31′11″ 05°33′45″ 95 56°31′15″ 05°33′31″ 96 56°31′38″ 05°32′52″ 97 56°31′46″ 05°32′33″ 98 56°32′05″ 05°31′57″ 99 56°32′25″ 05°31′33″ 100 56°32′35″ 05°31′19″ 101 56°32′57″ 05°30′57″ 102 56°33′06″ 05°30′45″ 103 56°33′17″ 05°30′40″ 104 56°33′33″ 05°30′25″ 105 56°34′03″ 05°29′41″ 106 56°34′15″ 05°29′30″ 107 56°34′34″ 05°29′06″ 108 56°34′46″ 05°28′39″ 109 56°34′57″ 05°28′29″ 110 56°35′21″ 05°27′56″ 111 56°35′40″ 05°27′24″ 112 56°35′52″ 05°26′30″ 113 56°36′17″ 05°26′00″ 114 56°36′43″ 05°25′14″ 115 56°37′06″ 05°24′24″ 116 56°37′12″ 05°23′33″ 117 56°37′28″ 05°22′53″ 118 56°37′20″ 05°22′06″ 119 56°37′18″ 05°21′15″ 120 56°37′20″ 05°20′45″ 121 56°37′23″ 05°20′22″ 122 56°37′28″ 05°20′02″ 123 56°37′33″ 05°19′49″ 124 56°37′16″ 05°19′27″ ; and b secondly, a line between— i the co-ordinate 56°37′16″ north latitude, 05°19′27″ west longitude; and ii the point on the mainland of Scotland where a line between the co-ordinates 56°37′16″ north latitude, 05°19′27″ west longitude and 56°36′49″ north latitude, 05°18′51″ west longitude intersects the landward limit of the Scottish marine area. 6 It is bounded to the east by the landward limit of the Scottish marine area between— a the point described in paragraph (5)(b)(ii); and b the point described in paragraph (2)(a)(i). The Scottish marine region for the West Highlands 5 1 That part of the Scottish marine area, the boundaries of which are identified in paragraphs (2) to (6), is designated as a Scottish marine region to be known as ‘the Scottish marine region for the West Highlands’. 2 It is bounded to the south by— a firstly, a line between— i the point on the mainland of Scotland where a line between the co-ordinates 56°36′49″ north latitude, 05°18′51″ west longitude and 56°37′16″ north latitude, 05°19′27″ west longitude intersects the landward limit of the Scottish marine area; and ii the co-ordinate 56°37′16″ north latitude, 05°19′27″ west longitude; and b secondly, a line between the co-ordinates 56°37′16″ north latitude, 05°19′27″ west longitude and 56°47′29″ north latitude, 07°01′55″ west longitude, defined by joining sequentially the following co-ordinates— Co-ordinate North Latitude West Longitude 1 56°37′16″ 05°19′27″ 2 56°37′33″ 05°19′49″ 3 56°37′28″ 05°20′02″ 4 56°37′23″ 05°20′22″ 5 56°37′20″ 05°20′45″ 6 56°37′18″ 05°21′15″ 7 56°37′20″ 05°22′06″ 8 56°37′28″ 05°22′53″ 9 56°37′12″ 05°23′33″ 10 56°37′06″ 05°24′24″ 11 56°36′43″ 05°25′14″ 12 56°36′17″ 05°26′00″ 13 56°35′52″ 05°26′30″ 14 56°35′40″ 05°27′24″ 15 56°35′21″ 05°27′56″ 16 56°34′57″ 05°28′29″ 17 56°34′46″ 05°28′39″ 18 56°34′34″ 05°29′06″ 19 56°34′15″ 05°29′30″ 20 56°34′03″ 05°29′41″ 21 56°33′33″ 05°30′25″ 22 56°33′17″ 05°30′40″ 23 56°33′06″ 05°30′45″ 24 56°32′57″ 05°30′57″ 25 56°32′35″ 05°31′19″ 26 56°32′25″ 05°31′33″ 27 56°32′05″ 05°31′57″ 28 56°31′46″ 05°32′33″ 29 56°31′38″ 05°32′52″ 30 56°31′15″ 05°33′31″ 31 56°31′11″ 05°33′45″ 32 56°31′02″ 05°34′07″ 33 56°30′49″ 05°34′51″ 34 56°30′42″ 05°35′24″ 35 56°30′20″ 05°36′26″ 36 56°29′59″ 05°37′12″ 37 56°29′15″ 05°38′08″ 38 56°28′56″ 05°38′25″ 39 56°28′53″ 05°39′03″ 40 56°28′51″ 05°39′15″ 41 56°28′54″ 05°40′13″ 42 56°29′02″ 05°41′12″ 43 56°29′10″ 05°41′31″ 44 56°29′29″ 05°42′06″ 45 56°30′06″ 05°42′57″ 46 56°30′07″ 05°43′10″ 47 56°30′09″ 05°43′49″ 48 56°30′07″ 05°44′27″ 49 56°30′08″ 05°44′30″ 50 56°30′14″ 05°44′39″ 51 56°30′27″ 05°45′23″ 52 56°30′54″ 05°46′19″ 53 56°31′20″ 05°46′47″ 54 56°31′28″ 05°47′31″ 55 56°31′29″ 05°47′33″ 56 56°31′30″ 05°47′54″ 57 56°31′29″ 05°48′06″ 58 56°31′30″ 05°48′39″ 59 56°31′39″ 05°49′07″ 60 56°31′41″ 05°49′20″ 61 56°31′39″ 05°50′00″ 62 56°31′46″ 05°50′24″ 63 56°31′57″ 05°51′17″ 64 56°31′59″ 05°51′48″ 65 56°32′00″ 05°52′27″ 66 56°32′02″ 05°52′54″ 67 56°32′05″ 05°53′07″ 68 56°32′23″ 05°53′23″ 69 56°32′38″ 05°54′13″ 70 56°32′46″ 05°54′51″ 71 56°32′53″ 05°55′50″ 72 56°32′50″ 05°56′10″ 73 56°33′08″ 05°56′37″ 74 56°33′22″ 05°56′47″ 75 56°33′32″ 05°56′59″ 76 56°33′47″ 05°57′13″ 77 56°34′11″ 05°57′44″ 78 56°34′17″ 05°57′46″ 79 56°34′29″ 05°57′57″ 80 56°34′43″ 05°58′18″ 81 56°35′10″ 05°58′35″ 82 56°35′13″ 05°58′42″ 83 56°35′25″ 05°59′18″ 84 56°35′33″ 05°59′29″ 85 56°35′44″ 05°59′39″ 86 56°36′11″ 05°59′51″ 87 56°36′14″ 05°59′54″ 88 56°36′25″ 06°00′14″ 89 56°36′36″ 06°00′28″ 90 56°36′40″ 06°00′36″ 91 56°37′36″ 06°01′15″ 92 56°37′57″ 06°01′27″ 93 56°38′21″ 06°01′57″ 94 56°38′56″ 06°02′18″ 95 56°39′31″ 06°02′33″ 96 56°39′54″ 06°04′04″ 97 56°39′54″ 06°04′29″ 98 56°40′15″ 06°06′14″ 99 56°40′17″ 06°06′42″ 100 56°40′20″ 06°06′58″ 101 56°40′11″ 06°08′12″ 102 56°40′06″ 06°08′39″ 103 56°40′05″ 06°09′50″ 104 56°39′56″ 06°10′51″ 105 56°40′06″ 06°13′34″ 106 56°40′05″ 06°14′38″ 107 56°40′12″ 06°15′39″ 108 56°40′19″ 06°17′26″ 109 56°40′24″ 06°19′33″ 110 56°40′27″ 06°19′42″ 111 56°41′42″ 06°20′12″ 112 56°42′36″ 06°20′36″ 113 56°43′30″ 06°20′58″ 114 56°45′39″ 06°22′11″ 115 56°46′53″ 06°25′07″ 116 56°47′17″ 06°26′10″ 117 56°49′00″ 06°30′26″ 118 56°50′05″ 06°32′53″ 119 56°48′38″ 06°40′07″ 120 56°47′44″ 06°45′42″ 121 56°47′26″ 06°48′13″ 122 56°46′45″ 06°57′12″ 123 56°46′45″ 06°57′54″ 124 56°47′29″ 07°01′55″ 3 It is bounded to the west by— a firstly, a line between the co-ordinates 56°47′29″ north latitude, 07°01′55″ west longitude and 58°45′21″ north latitude, 05°41′32″ west longitude, defined by joining sequentially the following co-ordinates— Co-ordinate North Latitude West Longitude 1 56°47′29″ 07°01′55″ 2 56°49′10″ 07°02′17″ 3 56°51′16″ 07°02′11″ 4 56°53′23″ 07°01′52″ 5 56°54′35″ 07°01′37″ 6 56°56′09″ 07°01′11″ 7 56°56′23″ 07°01′05″ 8 57°01′11″ 06°57′43″ 9 57°02′48″ 06°56′29″ 10 57°03′34″ 06°55′56″ 11 57°04′52″ 06°54′47″ 12 57°10′47″ 06°52′39″ 13 57°10′56″ 06°52′51″ 14 57°12′18″ 06°54′01″ 15 57°14′30″ 06°54′43″ 16 57°15′56″ 06°55′06″ 17 57°17′16″ 06°55′46″ 18 57°18′35″ 06°56′29″ 19 57°19′21″ 06°57′01″ 20 57°20′38″ 06°58′19″ 21 57°20′44″ 06°58′23″ 22 57°23′42″ 06°59′02″ 23 57°24′56″ 06°59′14″ 24 57°26′12″ 06°58′54″ 25 57°29′23″ 06°57′28″ 26 57°30′10″ 06°57′05″ 27 57°31′08″ 06°56′21″ 28 57°31′32″ 06°56′13″ 29 57°31′53″ 06°56′00″ 30 57°32′06″ 06°55′51″ 31 57°33′28″ 06°54′42″ 32 57°34′28″ 06°53′47″ 33 57°34′54″ 06°53′01″ 34 57°36′16″ 06°50′54″ 35 57°37′54″ 06°50′14″ 36 57°38′47″ 06°49′33″ 37 57°39′32″ 06°48′37″ 38 57°40′44″ 06°46′52″ 39 57°41′46″ 06°44′31″ 40 57°42′17″ 06°43′16″ 41 57°43′16″ 06°38′52″ 42 57°43′34″ 06°38′40″ 43 57°44′27″ 06°37′51″ 44 57°45′37″ 06°37′19″ 45 57°48′11″ 06°34′48″ 46 57°50′59″ 06°31′01″ 47 57°51′10″ 06°30′13″ 48 57°50′47″ 06°27′11″ 49 57°50′38″ 06°26′13″ 50 57°48′51″ 06°21′16″ 51 57°48′37″ 06°17′57″ 52 57°48′33″ 06°16′49″ 53 57°49′12″ 06°10′19″ 54 57°49′27″ 06°05′17″ 55 57°50′55″ 06°04′37″ 56 57°52′51″ 06°04′02″ 57 57°59′18″ 06°02′18″ 58 58°01′39″ 05°59′37″ 59 58°01′56″ 05°59′01″ 60 58°03′30″ 05°54′25″ 61 58°03′56″ 05°53′42″ 62 58°05′26″ 05°50′54″ 63 58°05′59″ 05°50′25″ 64 58°06′58″ 05°49′43″ 65 58°08′07″ 05°49′00″ 66 58°11′05″ 05°47′00″ 67 58°11′47″ 05°46′25″ 68 58°18′39″ 05°45′48″ 69 58°20′07″ 05°45′45″ 70 58°23′27″ 05°44′20″ 71 58°28′20″ 05°40′34″ 72 58°28′44″ 05°40′30″ 73 58°31′30″ 05°39′33″ 74 58°32′56″ 05°39′36″ 75 58°37′19″ 05°40′42″ 76 58°40′09″ 05°40′58″ 77 58°45′21″ 05°41′32″ ; and b secondly, a line of shortest distance between the co-ordinate 58°45′21″ north latitude, 05°41′32″ west longitude and the seaward limit of the Scottish marine area. 4 It is bounded to the north by the seaward limit of the Scottish marine area between— a the point it meets the line described in paragraph (3)(b); and b the point it meets the line described in paragraph (5)(a). 5 It is bounded to the north-east by— a firstly, a line of shortest distance between the seaward limit of the Scottish marine area and the co-ordinate 58°49′11″ north latitude, 04°59′48″ west longitude; b secondly, a line between the co-ordinates 58°49′11″ north latitude, 04°59′48″ west longitude and 58°37′40″ north latitude, 05°00′05″ west longitude; and c thirdly, a line between— i the co-ordinate 58°37′40″ north latitude, 05°00′05″ west longitude; and ii the point on the mainland of Scotland where a line between the co-ordinates 58°37′40″ north latitude, 05°00′05″ west longitude and 58°36′38″ north latitude, 04°59′26″ west longitude intersects the landward limit of the Scottish marine area. 6 It is bounded to the east by the landward limit of the Scottish marine area between— a the point described in paragraph (5)(c)(ii); and b the point described in paragraph (2)(a)(i). The Scottish marine region for the Outer Hebrides 6 1 Those parts of the Scottish marine area, the boundaries of which are identified in paragraphs (2) to (6), are designated as a Scottish marine region to be known as ‘the Scottish marine region for the Outer Hebrides’. 2 It is bounded to the south by— a firstly, a line between the co-ordinates 56°47′29″ north latitude, 07°01′55″ west longitude and 56°27′52″ north latitude, 07°40′34″ west longitude, defined by joining sequentially the following co-ordinates— Co-ordinate North Latitude West Longitude 1 56°47′29″ 07°01′55″ 2 56°45′54″ 07°05′50″ 3 56°45′06″ 07°08′15″ 4 56°44′33″ 07°10′04″ 5 56°43′12″ 07°13′38″ 6 56°32′52″ 07°29′15″ 7 56°27′52″ 07°40′34″ ; and b secondly, a line of shortest distance between the co-ordinate 56°27′52″ north latitude, 07°40′34″ west longitude and the seaward limit of the Scottish marine area. 3 It is bounded to the west and north by the seaward limit of the Scottish marine area between— a the point it meets the line described in paragraph (2)(b); and b the point it meets the line described in paragraph (4)(a). 4 It is bounded to the east by— a firstly, a line of shortest distance between the seaward limit of the Scottish marine area and the co-ordinate 58°45′21″ north latitude, 05°41′32″ west longitude; and b secondly, a line between the co-ordinates 58°45′21″ north latitude, 05°41′32″ west longitude and 56°47′29″ north latitude, 07°01′55″ west longitude, defined by joining sequentially the following co-ordinates— Co-ordinate North Latitude West Longitude 1 58°45′21″ 05°41′32″ 2 58°40′09″ 05°40′58″ 3 58°37′19″ 05°40′42″ 4 58°32′56″ 05°39′36″ 5 58°31′30″ 05°39′33″ 6 58°28′44″ 05°40′30″ 7 58°28′20″ 05°40′34″ 8 58°23′27″ 05°44′20″ 9 58°20′07″ 05°45′45″ 10 58°18′39″ 05°45′48″ 11 58°11′47″ 05°46′25″ 12 58°11′05″ 05°47′00″ 13 58°08′07″ 05°49′00″ 14 58°06′58″ 05°49′43″ 15 58°05′59″ 05°50′25″ 16 58°05′26″ 05°50′54″ 17 58°03′56″ 05°53′42″ 18 58°03′30″ 05°54′25″ 19 58°01′56″ 05°59′01″ 20 58°01′39″ 05°59′37″ 21 57°59′18″ 06°02′18″ 22 57°52′51″ 06°04′02″ 23 57°50′55″ 06°04′37″ 24 57°49′27″ 06°05′17″ 25 57°49′12″ 06°10′19″ 26 57°48′33″ 06°16′49″ 27 57°48′37″ 06°17′57″ 28 57°48′51″ 06°21′16″ 29 57°50′38″ 06°26′13″ 30 57°50′47″ 06°27′11″ 31 57°51′10″ 06°30′13″ 32 57°50′59″ 06°31′01″ 33 57°48′11″ 06°34′48″ 34 57°45′37″ 06°37′19″ 35 57°44′27″ 06°37′51″ 36 57°43′34″ 06°38′40″ 37 57°43′16″ 06°38′52″ 38 57°42′17″ 06°43′16″ 39 57°41′46″ 06°44′31″ 40 57°40′44″ 06°46′52″ 41 57°39′32″ 06°48′37″ 42 57°38′47″ 06°49′33″ 43 57°37′54″ 06°50′14″ 44 57°36′16″ 06°50′52″ 45 57°34′54″ 06°53′01″ 46 57°34′28″ 06°53′47″ 47 57°33′28″ 06°54′42″ 48 57°32′06″ 06°55′51″ 49 57°31′53″ 06°56′00″ 50 57°31′32″ 06°56′13″ 51 57°31′08″ 06°56′21″ 52 57°30′10″ 06°57′05″ 53 57°29′23″ 06°57′28″ 54 57°26′12″ 06°58′54″ 55 57°24′56″ 06°59′14″ 56 57°23′42″ 06°59′02″ 57 57°20′44″ 06°58′23″ 58 57°20′38″ 06°58′19″ 59 57°19′21″ 06°57′01″ 60 57°18′35″ 06°56′29″ 61 57°17′16″ 06°55′46″ 62 57°15′56″ 06°55′06″ 63 57°14′30″ 06°54′43″ 64 57°12′18″ 06°54′01″ 65 57°10′56″ 06°52′51″ 66 57°10′47″ 06°52′39″ 67 57°04′52″ 06°54′47″ 68 57°03′34″ 06°55′56″ 69 57°02′48″ 06°56′29″ 70 57°01′11″ 06°57′43″ 71 56°56′23″ 07°01′05″ 72 56°56′09″ 07°01′11″ 73 56°54′35″ 07°01′37″ 74 56°53′23″ 07°01′52″ 75 56°51′16″ 07°02′11″ 76 56°49′10″ 07°02′17″ 77 56°47′29″ 07°01′55″ 5 The Scottish marine region for the Outer Hebrides includes that part of the Scottish marine area which is adjacent to the following Scottish islands— a St Kilda (Hirta) ; and b St Kilda (Boreray) , and bounded to the north, east, south and west by the seaward limit of the Scottish marine area. 6 The Scottish marine region for the Outer Hebrides includes that part of the Scottish marine area which is adjacent to the following Scottish islands— a Sula Sgeir ; and b North Rona and bounded to the north, east, south and west by the seaward limit of the Scottish marine area. The Scottish marine region for the North Coast 7 1 That part of the Scottish marine area, the boundaries of which are identified in paragraphs (2) to (6), is designated as a Scottish marine region to be known as ‘the Scottish marine region for the North Coast’. 2 It is bounded to the south by the landward limit of the Scottish marine area between— a the point described in paragraph (6)(b)(ii); and b the point described in paragraph (3)(a)(i). 3 It is bounded to the west by— a firstly, a line between— i the point on the mainland of Scotland where a line between the co-ordinates 58°36′38″ north latitude, 04°59′26″ west longitude and 58°37′40″ north latitude, 05°00′05″ west longitude intersects the landward limit of the Scottish marine area; and ii the co-ordinate 58°37′40″ north latitude, 05°00′05″ west longitude; b secondly, a line between the co-ordinates 58°37′40″ north latitude, 05°00′05″ west longitude and 58°49′11″ north latitude, 04°59′48″ west longitude; and c thirdly, a line of shortest distance between the co-ordinate 58°49′11″ north latitude, 04°59′48″ west longitude and the seaward limit of the Scottish marine area. 4 It is bounded to the north by the seaward limit of the Scottish marine area between— a the point it meets the line described in paragraph (3)(c); and b the point it meets the line described in paragraph (5)(a). 5 It is bounded to the north-east by— a firstly, a line of shortest distance between the seaward limit of the Scottish marine area and the co-ordinate 58°48′08″ north latitude, 03°46′13″ west longitude; and b secondly, a line between the co-ordinates 58°48′08″ north latitude, 03°46′13″ west longitude and 58°38′37″ north latitude, 02°57′05″ west longitude, defined by joining sequentially the following co-ordinates— Co-ordinate North Latitude West Longitude 1 58°48′08″ 03°46′13″ 2 58°43′52″ 03°19′49″ 3 58°42′53″ 03°14′25″ 4 58°42′55″ 03°13′24″ 5 58°43′48″ 03°11′06″ 6 58°44′11″ 03°09′17″ 7 58°42′05″ 03°01′45″ 8 58°39′53″ 02°58′22″ 9 58°38′37″ 02°57′05″ 6 It is bounded to the south-east by— a firstly, a line between the co-ordinates 58°38′37″ north latitude, 02°57′05″ west longitude and 58°38′38″ north latitude, 03°01′20″ west longitude; and b secondly, a line between— i the co-ordinate 58°38′38″ north latitude, 03°01′20″ west longitude; and ii the point on the mainland of Scotland where a line between the co-ordinates 58°38′38″ north latitude, 03°01′20″ west longitude and 58°38′13″ north latitude, 03°03′05″ west longitude intersects the landward limit of the Scottish marine area. The Scottish marine region for the Orkney Islands 8 1 Those parts of the Scottish marine area, the boundaries of which are identified in paragraphs (2) to (6), are designated as a Scottish marine region to be known as ‘the Scottish marine region for the Orkney Islands’. 2 It is bounded to the south by— a firstly, a line of shortest distance between the seaward limit of the Scottish marine area and the co-ordinate 58°38′47″ north latitude, 02°32′38″ west longitude; b secondly, a line between the co-ordinates 58°38′47″ north latitude, 02°32′38″ west longitude and 58°38′37″ north latitude, 02°57′05″ west longitude; c thirdly, a line between the co-ordinates 58°38′37″ north latitude, 02°57′05″ west longitude and 58°48′08″ north latitude, 03°46′13″west longitude, defined by joining sequentially the following co-ordinates— Co-ordinate North Latitude West Longitude 1 58°38′37″ 02°57′05″ 2 58°39′53″ 02°58′22″ 3 58°42′05″ 03°01′45″ 4 58°44′11″ 03°09′17″ 5 58°43′48″ 03°11′06″ 6 58°42′55″ 03°13′24″ 7 58°42′53″ 03°14′25″ 8 58°43′52″ 03°19′49″ 9 58°48′08″ 03°46′13″ ; and d fourthly, a line of shortest distance between the co-ordinate 58°48′08″ north latitude, 03°46′13″ west longitude and the seaward limit of the Scottish marine area. 3 It is bounded to the west and north by the seaward limit of the Scottish marine area between— a the point it meets the line described in paragraph (2)(d); and b the point it meets the line described in paragraph (4)(a). 4 It is bounded to the north-east by— a firstly, a line of shortest distance between the seaward limit of the Scottish marine area and the co-ordinate 59°29′21″ north latitude, 02°02′15″ west longitude; b secondly, a line between the co-ordinates 59°29′21″ north latitude, 02°02′15″ west longitude and 59°24′42″ north latitude, 01°59′19″ west longitude; and c thirdly, a line of shortest distance between the co-ordinate 59°24′42″ north latitude, 01°59′19″ west longitude and the seaward limit of the Scottish marine area. 5 It is bounded to the east by the seaward limit of the Scottish marine area between— a the point it meets the line described in paragraph (4)(c); and b the point it meets the line described in paragraph (2)(a). 6 The Scottish marine region for the Orkney Islands includes that part of the Scottish marine area which is adjacent to the following Scottish islands— a Sule Stack ; and b Sule Skerry , and bounded to the north, east, south and west by the seaward limit of the Scottish marine area. The Scottish marine region for the Shetland Isles 9 1 That part of the Scottish marine area, the boundaries of which are identified in paragraphs (2) and (3), is designated as a Scottish marine region to be known as ‘the Scottish marine region for the Shetland Isles’. 2 It is bounded to the south west by— a firstly, a line of shortest distance between the seaward limit of the Scottish marine area and the co-ordinate 59°24′42″ north latitude, 01°59′19″ west longitude; b secondly, a line between the co-ordinates 59°24′42″ north latitude, 01°59′19″ west longitude and 59°29′21″ north latitude, 02°02′15″ west longitude; and c thirdly, a line of shortest distance between the co-ordinate 59°29′21″ north latitude, 02°02′15″ west longitude and the seaward limit of the Scottish marine area. 3 It is bounded to the west, north, east and south by the seaward limit of the Scottish marine area between— a the point it meets the line described in paragraph (2)(c); and b the point it meets the line described in paragraph (2)(a). The Scottish marine region for the Moray Firth 10 1 That part of the Scottish marine area, the boundaries of which are identified in paragraphs (2) to (5), is designated as a Scottish marine region to be known as ‘the Scottish marine region for the Moray Firth’. 2 It is bounded to the south and west by the landward limit of the Scottish marine area between— a the point described in paragraph (5)(c)(ii); and b the point described in paragraph (3)(a)(i). 3 It is bounded to the north by— a firstly, a line between— i the point on the mainland of Scotland where a line between the co-ordinates 58°38′13″ north latitude, 03°03′05″ west longitude and 58°38′38″ north latitude, 03°01′20″ west longitude intersects the landward limit of the Scottish marine area; and ii the co-ordinate 58°38′38″ north latitude, 03°01′20″ west longitude; b secondly, a line between the co-ordinates 58°38′38″ north latitude, 03°01′20″ west longitude and 58°38′47″ north latitude, 02°32′38″ west longitude, defined by joining sequentially the following co-ordinates— Co-ordinate North Latitude West Longitude 1 58°38′38″ 03°01′20″ 2 58°38′37″ 02°57′05″ 3 58°38′47″ 02°32′38″ ; and c thirdly, a line of shortest distance between the co-ordinate 58°38′47″ north latitude, 02°32′38″ west longitude and the seaward limit of the Scottish marine area. 4 It is bounded to the east by the seaward limit of the Scottish marine area between— a the point it meets the line described in paragraph (3)(c); and b the point it meets the line described in paragraph (5)(a). 5 It is bounded to the south-east by— a firstly, a line of shortest distance between the seaward limit of the Scottish marine area and the co-ordinate 57°52′37″ north latitude, 01°55′13″ west longitude; b secondly, a line between the co-ordinates 57°52′37″ north latitude, 01°55′13″ west longitude and 57°41′57″ north latitude, 02°00′09″ west longitude, defined by joining sequentially the following co-ordinates— Co-ordinate North Latitude West Longitude 1 57°52′37″ 01°55′13″ 2 57°42′49″ 02°00′11″ 3 57°41′57″ 02°00′09″ ; and c thirdly, a line between— i the co-ordinate 57°41′57″ north latitude, 02°00′09″ west longitude; and ii the point on the mainland of Scotland, where a line between the co-ordinates 57°41′57″ north latitude, 02°00′09″ west longitude and 57°41′14″ north latitude, 02°00′58″ west longitude intersects the landward limit of the Scottish marine area. The Scottish marine region for the North East 11 1 That part of the Scottish marine area, the boundaries of which are identified in paragraphs (2) to (5), is designated as a Scottish marine region to be known as ‘the Scottish marine region for the North East’. 2 It is bounded to the west by the landward limit of the Scottish marine area between— a the point it meets the line described in paragraph (5)(c)(ii); and b the point it meets the line described in paragraph (3)(a)(i). 3 It is bounded to the north-west by— a firstly, a line between— i the point on the mainland of Scotland where a line between the co-ordinates 57°41′14″ north latitude, 02°00′58″ west longitude and 57°41′57″ north latitude, 02°00′09″ west longitude intersects the landward limit of the Scottish marine area; and ii the co-ordinate 57°41′57″ north latitude, 02°00′09″ west longitude; b secondly, a line between the co-ordinates 57°41′57″ north latitude, 02°00′09″ west longitude and 57°52′37″ north latitude, 01°55′13″ west longitude, defined by joining sequentially the following co-ordinates— Co-ordinate North Latitude West Longitude 1 57°41′57″ 02°00′09″ 2 57°42′49″ 02°00′11″ 3 57°52′37″ 01°55′13″ ; and c thirdly, a line of shortest distance between the co-ordinate 57°52′37″ north latitude, 01°55′13″ west longitude and the seaward limit of the Scottish marine area. 4 It is bounded to the east by the seaward limit of the Scottish marine area between— a the point it meets the line described in paragraph (3)(c); and b the point it meets the line described in paragraph (5)(a). 5 It is bounded to the south by— a firstly, a line of shortest distance between the seaward limit of the Scottish marine area and the co-ordinate 56°44′09″ north latitude, 01°59′07″ west longitude; b secondly, a line between the co-ordinates 56°44′09″ north latitude, 01°59′07″ west longitude and 56°45′27″ north latitude, 02°25′20″ west longitude, defined by joining sequentially the following co-ordinates— Co-ordinate North Latitude West Longitude 1 56°44′09″ 01°59′07″ 2 56°44′08″ 02°21′14″ 3 56°44′41″ 02°22′00″ 4 56°45′20″ 02°24′56″ 5 56°45′23″ 02°25′02″ 6 56°45′27″ 02°25′20″ ; and c thirdly, a line between— i the co-ordinate 56°45′27″ north latitude, 02°25′20″ west longitude; and ii the point on the mainland of Scotland where a line between the co-ordinates 56°45′27″ north latitude, 02°25′20″ west longitude and 56°45′43″ north latitude, 02°26′21″ west longitude intersects the landward limit of the Scottish marine area. The Scottish marine region for the Forth and Tay 12 1 That part of the Scottish marine area, the boundaries of which are identified in paragraphs (2) to (5), is designated as a Scottish marine region to be known as ‘the Scottish marine region for the Forth and Tay’. 2 It is bounded to the south and west by the landward limit of the Scottish marine area between— a the point described in paragraph (5)(b); and b the point described in paragraph (3)(a)(i). 3 It is bounded to the north by— a firstly, a line between— i the point on the mainland of Scotland where a line between the co-ordinates 56°45′43″ north latitude, 02°26′21″ west longitude and 56°45′27″ north latitude, 02°25′20″ west longitude intersects the landward limit of the Scottish marine area; and ii the co-ordinate 56°45′27″ north latitude, 02°25′20″ west longitude; b secondly, a line between the co-ordinates 56°45′27″ north latitude, 02°25′20″ west longitude and 56°44′09″ north latitude, 01°59′07″ west longitude, defined by joining sequentially the following co-ordinates— Co-ordinate North Latitude West Longitude 1 56°45′27″ 02°25′20″ 2 56°45′23″ 02°25′02″ 3 56°45′20″ 02°24′56″ 4 56°44′41″ 02°22′00″ 5 56°44′08″ 02°21′14″ 6 56°44′09″ 01°59′07″ ; and c thirdly, a line of shortest distance between the co-ordinate 56°44′09″ north latitude, 01°59′07″ west longitude and the seaward limit of the Scottish marine area. 4 It is bounded to the east by the seaward limit of the Scottish marine area between— a the point it meets the line described in paragraph (3)(c); and b the co-ordinate 55°55′01″ north latitude, 01°43′32″ west longitude . 5 It is bounded to the south-east by the limit of the Scottish marine area between— a the co-ordinate 55°55′01″ north latitude, 01°43′32″ west longitude; and b the most southerly point on its landward limit on the east coast of Scotland. RICHARD LOCHHEAD A member of the Scottish Government St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 12th May 2015