
1 

(1) This Order may be cited as the Conservation of Seals (Scotland) Order 2007 and shall come into force on 23rd March 2007.
(2) This Order extends to Scotland only.
2 
The killing, injuring or taking of seals of the species known as Phoca vitulina (common seals) is prohibited in the areas specified in the Schedule to this Order.
SARAH H BOYACK
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
28th February 2007
SCHEDULE
Article 2

The following areas are specified for the purposes of article 2:–
(a) that area of land and sea enclosed by a line beginning at a point on the seaward limit of the territorial sea at 58° 47.154' North latitude and 003° 52.327' West longitude; then following a straight line in a generally easterly direction to a point on the seaward limit of the territorial sea at 58° 40.574' North latitude and 002° 30.374' West longitude; then following the seaward limit of the territorial sea in a generally northerly, then westerly, then southerly direction to the point of beginning;
(b) that area of land and sea enclosed by a line beginning at a point on the coast of Scotland at mean high water springs at Garron Point at 56° 58.807' North latitude and 002° 10.794' West longitude; then due east to the seaward limit of the territorial sea; then in a generally southerly direction following the seaward limit of the territorial sea to the point of intersection with a line drawn due east from a point on the coast of Scotland at mean high water springs at Torness Point at 55° 58.321' North latitude and 002° 24.194' West longitude; then due west to that point at Torness Point; then in a generally northerly direction, following the line of mean high water springs, to the point of beginning.
