Continental Shelf Regulations, 2015 (L.N. 235 of 2015).

The purpose of these provisions is to regulate activities on the continental shelf and to establish and regulate safety zones therein. Specific regulations concern the protection of installations in designated areas; penalties to be applied in case discharges into the sea from a pipeline, or as a result of any operations for the exploration of the seabed and subsoil or the exploitation of their natural resources in a designated area; the construction, operation and use of artificial islands, installations, structures and devices on the continental shelf. Further provisions concern marine scientific reserach: it is stipulated that the right to regulate, authorize and conduct marine scientific research on the continental shelf is vested in the Government.