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REPUBLIC OF MARINE ZONES (DECLARATION) ACT 2011 (No. 4 of2011)

CLOSING LINES REGULATIONS 2014

In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 14 of the Marine Zones (Declaration) Act 20 I I, the Minister for Fisheries, and Marine Resources hereby makes the following Regulations:-

PART I . ) PRELIMINARY 1 Citation These Regulations may be cited as the Closing Lines Regulations 2014.

2 Interpretation

"Internal Waters" means all waters on the landward side of the baseline of the territorial sea or any closing lines to the extent that those closing lines are outside the archipelagic baselines.

PART II CLOSING LINES DELIMITING INTERNAL WATERS ) 3 Closing lines (1) The points between which straight closing lines are to be drawn are specified m Schedule 1, 2 and 3.

) (2) The tables in Schedule 1 specifies the closing lines for , , , , , , , and in the Gilbert Group.

(3) The table in Schedule 2 specifies the closing lines for Kanton in the Phoenix Group.

(4) The tables in Schedule 3 specify the closing lines for (Fanning) and (Christmas) in the Line Group.

4 Guide to reading Schedules 1, 2 and 3

In the tables in Schedules 1, 2 and 3:

(a) lines are generated by reference to points,

(b) the first column sets out the point identifier and

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(c) the second and third columns set out the geographic coordinates for each point.

PART ID GEOGRAPIDC COORDINATES POINTS 5 Geodetic framework In these Regulations, points defined by geographic coordinates are determined by reference to the World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS 84).

6 Illustrative charts

The charts in Schedule 4 provide a general illustration of the closing lines specified in Schedules I, 2 and 3. 1

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2 SCHEDULE 1 - GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES FOR THE CLOSING LINES IN THE GILBERT GROUP

Part 1 - Butaritari

Point Identifier Latitude Longitude BUTl 30 10' 49.00" N 172° 42' 56.04" E BUT2 30 10' 18.90" N 172° 42' 57.44" E

Point Identifier Latitude Lon2itude BUT3 30 09' 35.00" N 172° 42' 54.58" E

BUT4 30 09' 26.73" N 172° 42' 53 .77" E ) Point Identifier Latitude Longitude BUTS 30 07' 40.56" N 172° 43' 34.10" E

BUT6 30 07' 14.53 " N 172° 44' 06.59" E

Point Identifier Latitude Lon2itude BUT7 30 06' 17.18" N 172° 44' 39.26" E

BUTS 30 05' 50.07" N 172° 44' 51 .30" E )

Part 2 - Marakei ) Point Identifier Latitude Lon2itude MARI 20 03' 13.40" N 173° 15' 40.95" E MAR2 20 03' 10.37" N 173° 15' 39.01 " E

Point Identifier Latitude Lon~itude MAR3 20 00' 01.70" N 173° 15' 06.38" E MAR4 JO 59' 55.07" N 173° 15' 04.14" E

3 Part 3 - Tarawa

Point Identifier Latitude Lomritude TARI 10 25' 06.62" N 172° 54' 57.97" E TAR2 lo 24' 25.66" N 172° 54' 53.97" E

Part 4 - Maiana

Point Identifier Latitude Longitude MA1 1 oo 55' 32.04" N 172° 56' 41.90" E

MA12 oo 55' 19.76" N 172° 56' 36.15" E

) Part 5 - Abemama

Point Identifier Latitude Longitude ABEl oo 25' 45.69" N 173° 47' 28.30" E

ABE2 oo 24' 47.87" N 173° 46' 56.60" E

Point Identifier Latitude Longitude ABE3 oo 21 ' 07.45" N 173° 49' 51.66" E ) ABE4 oo 20' 44.65" N 173° 50' 13 .72" E

) Part 6 - Aranulm

Point Identifier Latitude Longitude ARAI oo 08' 37.00" N 173° 35' 27.92" E ARA2 oo 08' 29.13" N 173° 35' 31.95" E

Part 7 - Nonouti

Point Identifier Latitude Longitude NONI oo 41' 40.76" s 174° 15' 05.00" E NON2 oo 45' 44.71" s 174° 18' 13 .15" E

4 Point Identifier Latitude Longitude NON3 oo 46' 08.56" s 174° 24' 17.82" E NON4 oo 46' 33.41" s 174° 25' 26.12" E

Part 8 - Tabiteuea

Point Identifier Latitude Longitude TABl lo 12' 03 .30" s 174° 42' 38.48" E TAB2 10 13' 53.80" s 174° 42' 56.32" E

Point Identifier Latitude Longitude TAB3 10 30' 07.66" s 174° 52' 16.54" E ) TAB4 10 31' 56.88" s 174° 54' 04.99" E

Point Identifier Latitude Longitude TABS 10 32' 17.00" s 175° 00' 35.11" E TAB6 10 32' 16.88" s 175° 01' 12.12" E

Part 9 - Onotoa

Point Identifier Latitude Longitude ONOI lo 49' 15.02" s 175° 31' 05.48" E ) ON02 10 49' 37.11" s 175° 31' 06.84" E

) SCHEDULE 2 - GEOGRAPIDC COORDINATES FOR THE CLOSING LINES IN THE PHOENIX GROUP

Part 1 - Kanton

Point Identifier Latitude Longitude KANl 20 48' 41.19" s 171° 43' 00.16" w KAN2 20 48' 56.73" s 171 ° 42' 51.81" w

5 SCHEDULE 3 - GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES FOR THE CLOSING LINES IN THE LINE GROUP

Part 1 - Tabuaeran (Fanning)

Point Identifier Latitude Longitude FANl 30 51' 31.46" N 159° 21' 56.76" w FAN2 30 51' 18.59 11 N 159° 21' 50.31 11 w

Part 2 - Kiritimati (Christmas)

Point Identifier Latitude Longitude KIRI l o 58' 52.0711 N 157° 28' 45.80 11 w KIR2 l o 58' 00.59" N 157° 28' 56.80" w )

Point Identifier Latitude Longitude KIR3 lo 57' 14.4611 N 157° 29' 12.96" w KIR.4 10 56' 42.88" N 157° 29' 23.7011 w

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6 SCHEDULE 4 - CHART[S] ILLUSTRATING THE CLOSING LINE[S] OF KJRIBATI

GILBERT GROUP

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Dated the 4111 day ofNovember, 2014. )

) Minister

Published by exhibition at the Public Office of the Beretitenti this 4•h day of November 2014.

Secretary to the Cabinet

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