Statutory Instrument 1987 No. 545

The Foreign Fields (Specification) (No. 1) Order 1987

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1987 No. 545

TAXES

The Foreign Fields (Specification) (No. 1) Order 1987

Made	18th March 1987

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 9(5) and 12(2) of the Oil Taxation Act 1983^[1], (hereinafter referred to as "the Act"), and all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:—

    1.    This Order may be cited as the Foreign Fields (Specification) (No. 1) Order 1987.

    2.    In this Order the "Ekofisk Area Fields" means the hydrocarbon accumulations, known as the Albuskjell, Cod, Edda, Ekofisk, Eldfisk, Tor and West Ekofisk Fields respectively, the boundaries of which are defined by the sets of lines of latitude and longitude joining the surface co-ordinates set out in the Schedule hereto.

    3.    Each of the Ekofisk Area Fields being an area which is not under the jurisdication of the government of the United Kingdom, is for the purposes of the Act hereby specified as a foreign field.

Alick Buchanan-Smith

Minister of State, Department of Energy

18th March 1987

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Notes:

[1] 1983 c. 56.

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