FIJI
Subsidiary Legislation
Cap 158A Rev, 1985
CHAPTER 158A
MARINE SPACES
SECTION 4-MARINE SPACES (TERRITORIAL SEAS) (ROTUMA AND ITS DEPENDENCIES) ORDER*
*This Order declares the straight baselines constituting the innermost limits of the territorial seas of the island of Rotuma and its dependencies. Information on the availability of charts illustrating the limits of the territorial seas of the Rotuma group of islands is given Legal Notice No. 119 of 1981 (see Notice under section 8 of the Act, infra).
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TABLE OF PROVISIONS
PARAGRAPH
1. Short title
2. Territorial seas baselines
Schedule - Geographical Co-ordinates
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Legal Notice No. 118 of 1981
Short title
1. This Order may be cited as the Marine Spaces (Territorial Seas) (Rotuma and its Dependencies) Order.
Territorial seas baselines
2. The points between which straight baselines are to be drawn for the purpose of determining the innermost limits of the territorial seas of Rotuma and its dependencies are declared to be the geographical co-ordinates, based on the World Geodetic System 1972 (WGS72) datum, specified in the Schedule, plus 3 seconds of latitude and plus 2 seconds of longitude in each case.
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SCHEDULE
(Paragraph 2)
GEOGRAPHICAL CO-ORDINATES
[WGS 72 Geodetic Datum]
No.	Latitude	Longitude	
1	12°28'41"S.	177°07'29"E	
2	12°29'42"S.	177°08'21"E.	
3	12°29'54"S.	177°08'30"E.	
4	12°30'18"S.	177°08'39"E.	
5	12°31'19"S.	177°08'51"E	
6	12°33'39"S.	177°08'50"E.	
7.	12°31'45"S.	177°08'48"E	
8.	12°31'54"S.	177°08'30"E.	
9	12°31'40"S.	177°06'54"E.	
10	12°31'43"S.	177°05'21"E.	
11	12°31'21"S.	177°01'54"E.	
12	12°29'58"S	176°56'04"E.	
13	12°29'53"S.	176°55'59"E.	
14	12°29'50"S.	176°56'02"E.	
15	12°28'33"S.	176°57'41"E.	
16	12°28'10"S.	176°58'15"E.	
17	12°27'47"S.	176°59'11"E.	
18	12°27'44"S.	176°59'20"E.	
19	12°27'46"S.	176°59'35"E.	
 
SECTIONS 4 and 6-MARINE SPACES (ARCHIPELAGIC BASELINES AND EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE) ORDER*
*This Order constitutes the formal declaration by Fiji of its archipelagic waters and of its 200 miles exclusive economic zone.
Information on the availability of charts illustrating the limits of the internal waters, archipelagic waters the territorial seas and the exclusive economic zone of Fiji is given in Legal Notice No. 119 of 1981 (see Notice under section 8 of the Act, infra). This Order also renders superfluous the Marine Spaces (Declaration Order) (Legal Notice No. 56 of 1978) which is revoked by Legal Notice 120 of 1981.
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TABLE OF PROVISIONS
PARAGRAPH
1. Short title
2. Baselines for the Fiji Archipelago
3. Outer limits of the Exclusive Economic Zone of Fiji
4. Baseline for the Exclusive Economic Zone
First Schedule - Archipelagic Waters
Second Schedule - Exclusive Economic Zone
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Legal Notice No. 117 of 1981
Short title
1. This Order may be cited as the Marine Spaces (Archipelagic Baselines and Exclusive Economic Zone) Order.
 
Baselines for the Fiji Archipelago
2. The points between which straight baselines are to be drawn for the purpose of determining the outermost limits of the archipelago waters of Fiji and the innermost limits of the territorial sea of the Fiji archipelago are declared to be the geographical co-ordinates, based on the World Geodetic System 1972 (WGS72) datum, specified in the First Schedule, minus 7 seconds of latitude and 14 seconds of longitude in each case.
 
Outer limits of the Exclusive Economic Zone of Fiji
3. The outer limits of the exclusive economic zone of Fiji are declared to extend to a line drawn between, and joining in numerical sequence, the geographical co-ordinates, based on the World Geodetic System 1972 (WGS72) datum, specified in the Second Schedule.
 
Baselines for the Exclusive Economic Zone
4. For the purposes of paragraph 3, the baselines for which the exclusive economic zone of Fiji has been determined are-
(a) in the case of the Fiji archipelago, the straight baselines established in terms of paragraph 2;
(b) in the case of the Island of Rotuma and its dependencies the straight baselines established by the Marine Spaces (Territorial Seas) (Rotuma and its Dependencies) Order; and
(c) in the case of Ceva-i-Ra Island, a line drawn along the seaward low-water line of the reef.
 
FIRST SCHEDULE
(Paragraph 2)
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ARCHIPELAGIC WATERS
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Geographical Co-ordinates
[WGS 72 Geodetic Datum]
No.	Latitude	Longtitude	
1.	16°-05'-30"S.	179°-08'-36"W.	
2.	16°-44'-48"S.	178°-55'-54"W.	
3.	17°-05'-06"S.	178°-40'-24"W.	
4.	17°-10'-00"S.	178°-37'-06"W.	
5.	17°-55'-30"S.	178°-14'-00"W.	
6.	18°-18'-30"S.	178°-12'-48"W.	
7.	18°-53'-00"S	178°-21'-00"W.	
8.	18°-57'-30"S.	178°-19'-45"W.	
9.	19°-14'-00"S.	178°-18'-36"W.	
10.	19°-48'-00"S.	178°-13'-24"W.	
11.	19°-53'-30"S.	178°-16'-18"W.	
12.	20°-39'-48"S.	178°-41'-24"W.	
13.	20°-59'-54"S.	178°-44'-30"W.	
14.	21°-0l'-42"S.	178°-50'-48"W.	
15.	20°-44'-00"S.	178°-53'-30"W.	
16.	19°-12'-18"S.	179°-44'-48"E.	
17.	19°-1l'-30"S	178°-06'-00"E.	
18.	19°-10'-42"S.	178°-00'-00"E.	
19.	19°-08'-42"S.	177°-57'-18"E.	
20.	19°-07'-48"S.	177°-56'-54"E.	
21.	18°-36'-24"S.	177°-39'-36"E.	
22.	18°-07'-00"S.	177°-19'-00"E.	
23.	17°-56'-36"S.	177°-12'-24"E.	
24.	17°-38'-54"S.	176°-59'-48"E.	
25.	17°-1l'-54"S.	176°-52'-42"E.	
26.	17°-09'-24"S.	176°-53'-30"E.	
27.	17°-06'-54"S.	176°-54'-36"E.	
28.	16°-47'-00"S.	177°-17'-00"E.	
29.	16°-39'-06"S.	177°-34'-24"E.	
30.	16°-26-24"S.	177°-05'-48"E.	
31.	16°-19'-24"S.	178°-27'-12"E.	
32.	16°-10'-30"S.	178°-04'-00"E.	
33.	15°-42'-30"S.	179°-58'-30"W.	
34.	15°-56'-54"S.	179°-23'-30"W.	
 
 SECOND SCHEDULE
(Paragraph 3)
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OUTER LIMITS OF THE EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE
Consecutive No.	Latitude	Longitude	
1.	25°-04'-23"S.	174°-16'-322"E.	
2.	20°-01'-21"S.	172°-45'-53"E.	
3.	18°-32'-36"S.	173°-33'-36"E.	
Thence along an arc of 200 miles (370,400 metres) radius centred on 17°-11'-47"S, 176°-52'-28"E, passing through the following positions.
4.	18°-18'-49"S.	173°-34'-55"E.	
5.	18°-02'-02"S.	173°-29'-43"E.	
6.	17°-44'-52"S.	173°-26'-05"E.	
7.	17°-27'-29"S.	173°-24'-02"E.	
8.	17°-09'-59"S.	173°-23'-34"E.	
9.	16°-52'-30"S.	173°-24-41"E.	
10.	16°-35'-11"S.	173°-27'-22"E.	
11.	16°-18'-10"S.	173°-31'-36"E.	
12.	16°-01'-33"S.	173°-37'-20"E.	
13.	15°-45'-29"S.	173°-44'-31"E.	
14.	15°-30'-04"S.	173°-53'-06"E.	
15.	15°-15'-26"S.	174°-03'-01"E.	
16.	15°-01'-41"S.	174°-14'-11"E.	
17.	14-48'-28"S.	174°-27'-14"E.	
Thence along an arc of 200 miles (370,400 metres) radius centred on 12°-29'-56"S, 176°-56'-01"E, passing through the following positions.
18.	14°-40'-56"S.	174°-20'-20"E.	
19.	14°-27'-07"S.	174°-09'-17"E.	
20.	14°-12'-24"S.	173°-59'-33"E.	
21.	13°-56'-54"S.	173°-51'-11"E.	
22.	13°-40'-45"S.	173°-44'-14"E.	
23.	13°-24'-05"S.	173°-38'-47"E.	
24.	13°-07'-00"S.	173°-34'-50"E.	
25.	12°-49'-38"S.	173°-32'-25"E.	
26.	12°-32'-09"S.	173°-31'-33"E.	
Thence a line joining 26 and 27. Thence a continued arc of 200 miles (370,400 metres) radius centred on 12°-29'-56"S 176°-56'-01"E passing through the following positions.
27.	11°-57'-16"S.	173°-34'-29"E.	
28.	11°-40'-09"S.	173°-38'-15"E.	
29.	11°-23'-25"S.	173°-43'-30"E.	
30.	11°-07'-11"S.	173°-50'-11"E.	
31.	10°-51'-36"S.	173°-58'-16"E.	
32.	10°-36'-45"S.	174°-07'-40"E.	
33.	10°-22'-46"S.	174°-18'-20"E.	
34.	10°-09'-45"S.	174°-30'-10"E.	
35.	09°-57'-47"S.	174°-43'-05"E.	
36.	09°-46'-59"S.	174°-57'-00"E.	
Thence a line joining
37.	09°-49'-09"S.	175°-51-52"E.	
38.	09°-49'-19"S.	175°-56'-40"E.	
39.	09°-49'-36"S.	176°-05'-12"E.	
40.	09°-49'-52"S.	176°-13'-48"E.	
41.	10°-05'-17"S.	177°-06'-03"E.	
42.	10°-06'-53"S.	177°-11'-10"E.	
43.	10°-16'-05"S.	177°-17'-30"E.	
44.	10°-18'-18"S.	177°-19'-01"E.	
45.	11°-33'-50"S.	178°-14'-47"E.	
46.	11°-38'-45"S.	178°-18'-29"E.	
47.	11°-58'-58"S.	178°-33'-48"E.	
48.	12°-07'-15"S.	178°-40'-08"E.	
49.	12°-12'-25"S.	178°-44'-04"E.	
50.	12°-36'-34"S.	179°-02'-40"E.	
51.	13°-14'-05"S.	179°-31'-48"E.	
52.	13°-19'-41"S.	179°-29'-39"E.	
53.	14°-48'-18"S.	179°-14'-23"W.	
54.	15°-17'-47"S.	178°-3l'-00"W.	
55.	15°-56'-12"S.	177°-22'-35"W.	
56.	15°-59'-08"S.	177°-22'-31"W.	
57.	16°-49'-39"S.	176°-53'-48"W.	
58.	16°-50'-06"S.	176°-53'-23"W.	
59.	17°-28'-28"S.	176°-16'-24"W.	
60.	17°-40'-49"S.	l76°-16'-40"W.	
61.	17°-59'-05"S.	176°-21'-27"W.	
62.	18°-35'-17"S.	176°-27'-02"W.	
63.	18°-51'-23"S.	176°-34'-46"W.	
64.	18°-54'-51"S.	176°-36'-05"W.	
65.	19°-00'-45"S.	176°-37'-40"W.	
66.	19°-15'-09"S.	176°-40'-10"W.	
67.	19°-20'-31"S.	176°-40'-01"W.	
68.	20°-26'-07"S.	176°-53'-00"W.	
69.	20°-54'-36"S.	177°-01'-27"W.	
70.	20°-57'-42"S.	177°-01'-55"W.	
71.	21°-05'-34"S.	177°-07'-57"W.	
72.	21°-22'-21"S.	177°-18'-03"W.	
73.	22°-21'-27"S.	177°-54'-12"W.	
74.	24°-22'-08"S.	179°-04'-16"W.	
Thence along an arc of 200 miles (370,400 metres) radius centred on 21°-0l'-35"S, 178°-50'-34"W passing through the following positions.
75.	24°-2l'-29"S.	179°-09'-39"W.	
76.	24°-19'-08"S.	179°-28-35"W.	
77.	24°-15'-16"S.	179°-47'-11"W.	
78.	24°-09'-53"S.	179°-54'-12"E.	
79.	24°-03'-02"S.	179°-36'-39"E.	
80.	23°-54'-47"S.	179°-19'-52"E.	
81.	23°-45'-12"S.	179°-03'-58"E.	
82.	23°-34'-20"S.	178°-49'-04"E.	
83.	23°-22'-19"S.	178°-35'-17"E.	
84.	23°-09'-12"S.	178°-22'-44"E.	
85.	22°-55'-08"S.	178°-11'-31"E.	
86.	22°-43'-23"S.	178°-03'-46"E.	
Thence along an arc of 200 miles (370,400 metres) radius centred on CEVA-I-RA Island (21°-44'-18"S, 174°-38'-24"E) passing through the following positions.
Consecutive No.	Latitude	Longitude	
87.	22°-50'-50"S.	178°01'-52"E.	
88.	23°-07'-09"S.	177°-55'-01"E.	
89.	23°-22'-50"S.	177°-46'-39"E.	
90.	23°-37'-47"S.	177°-36'-47"E.	
91.	24°-04'-58"S.	177°-12'-54"E.	
92.	24°-17'-01"S.	176°-59'-04"E.	
93.	24°-27'-52"S.	176°-44'-05"E.	
94.	24°-37'-28"S.	176°-28'-06"E.	
95.	24°-45'-44"S.	176°-11'-13"E.	
96.	24°-52'-35"S.	175°-53'-35"E.	
97.	24°-57'-58"S.	175°-35'-20"E.	
98.	25°-01'-51"S.	175°-16'-37"E.	
99.	25°-04'-11"S.	174°-57'-35"E.	
100.	25°-04'-58"S.	174°-38'-24"E.	
101.	25°-04'-11"S.	174°-19'-13"E.	
Thence a line to join position 1.
These positions have been based on, or approximated to the best WGS72 data currently available.
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SECTION 8-CHARTS
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Legal Notice No. 119 of 1981
The charts* specified in the Schedule, illustrating all baselines and other lines drawn under the provisions of the said Act for the purpose of determining the limits of the internal waters, archipelagic waters, the territorial seas and the exclusive economic zone of Fiji are available for inspection during normal business hours at the offices of-
(a) the Secretary for Foreign Affairs; and
(b) the Permanent Secretary for Home Affairs.
Copies of the lists of co-ordinates specified on the charts may be purchased from the office of the Hydrographic Unit of the Royal Fiji Military Forces.
Copies of the said charts have been deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
*The consent of the United Kingdom Hydrographer has been given for the reproduction of these charts for the purposes of Fiji's Marine Spaces Act. However all baselines and other lines shown on the charts are the sole responsibility of the Government of Fiji.
SCHEDULE
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Chart	Illustrating	
1. Fiji Marine Spaces Chart 81/1 which is British Admiralty Chart No. 2992 (overprinted by the Government of Fiji with red hatching and with the inset showing Foviung Emua Anchorage deleted and bearing on its face in red letters the words; "Charts Showing Basepoints and Straight Baselines Enclosing the Internal Waters of Rotuma".)	The innermost limits of the territorial seas of Rotuma and its dependencies.	
2. Fiji Marine Spaces Chart 81/2 which is British Admiralty Chart No. 2691 (overprinted by the Government of Fiji with red hatching and showing Ceva-i-ra Island-spelled Theva-I-Ra Island-as an inset).	The internal waters, archipelagic waters and territorial seas of the Fiji archipelago, and in the case of Ceva-i-ra Island, the baseline from which the exclusive economic zone is determined.	
3. Fiji Marine Spaces Chart 81/3 which is British Admiralty Chart No. 780 (overprinted by the Government of Fiji).	The exclusive economic zone of Fiji. The archipelagic baselines for the Fiji Archipelago. The territorial seas of Rotuma and its dependencies and of Ceva-ira Island.	
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