Marine Zones (Declaration) Act 2011 (No. 4 of 2011).

The Act defines "baseline", "internal waters", "archipelagic waters", "territorial sea" "contiguous zone", the "Exclusive Economic Zone" and the Continental Shelf of Kiribati and makes provision for sovereign rights, protection of the marine environment, navigation, exploitation and exploration of resources, etc. with respect to those waters. The baseline of Kiribati shall be prescribed by the Minister, who may also prescribe an archipelagic baseline, which shall from part of the baseline of Kiribati. Within the Exclusive Economic Zone and the Continental Shelf the Republic of Kiribati has sovereign rights for the purpose of exploring and exploiting, conserving and managing the natural resources, whether living or non-living, of the seabed and the subsoil under the seabed, and the waters over the seabed. The Minister may make Regulations, in accordance with the rules of international law, for prescribing the marine zones under this Act and measures for the protection and preservation of the marine environment of the exclusive economic zone.