• 1. (1) In these Regulations, all geographical coordinates (latitude and longitude) are expressed in the North America Datum 1983 (NAD83) geodetic reference system .

• (2) In Schedules 1 and 2, the lines connecting the points are rhumb lines.

2. The area of the Atlantic Ocean depicted in Schedule 1 — consisting of the seabed, the subsoil to a depth of 15 m and the water column above the seabed — that is bounded by a rhumb line drawn from a point 44°13′N, 59°06′W to a point 43°47′N, 58°35′W, then to a point 43°35′N, 58°35′W, then to a point 43°35′N, 59°08′W, then to a point 43°55′N, 59°08′W, then to a point 44°06′N, 59°20′W (which points are shown as points 1 to 6, respectively, in Schedule 1), and back to the point of origin, is hereby designated as a marine protected area to be known as the Gully Marine Protected Area.

3. The Gully Marine Protected Area consists of the following management zones:

• (a) Zone 1, as depicted in Schedule 2;

• (b) Zone 2, as depicted in Schedule 2, consisting of the area surrounding Zone 1,

• (c) Zone 3, as depicted in Schedule 2, consisting of the Gully Marine Protected Area, other than Zones 1 and 2.

4. Subject to sections 8 to 10, no person shall

• (a) disturb, damage or destroy in the Gully Marine Protected Area, or remove from it, any living marine organism or any part of its habitat;

• (b) disturb, damage or destroy in the Gully Marine Protected Area, or remove from it, any part of the seabed, including the subsoil to a depth of 15 m of the seabed; or

• (c) carry out any activity — including depositing, discharging or dumping any substance, or causing any substance to be deposited, discharged or dumped — in the Gully Marine Protected Area or in the vicinity of that Area that is likely to result in the disturbance, damage, destruction or removal of anything referred to in paragraph (a) or (b).

5. Subject to sections 10 and 11, every person who proposes to carry out an activity in the Gully Marine Protected Area must submit to the Minister for approval, not less than 60 days before beginning the proposed activity, a plan that indicates the management zone in which the activity is proposed to be carried out and includes

• (a) a statement of the purpose of the activity;

• (b) a detailed description of the activity;

• (c) the identity of every ship and aircraft proposed to be used during or in connection with the activity;

• (d) the proposed period or periods during which the activity will take place;

• (e) the location of the activity, expressed in latitude and longitude;

• (f) two copies of all plans and specifications relating to the activity;

• (g) two copies of a report assessing the environmental impact of the activity on the Gully Marine Protected Area, including a consideration of any cumulative environmental effects that are likely to result from the activity in combination with any other past and current activities undertaken in or affecting that Area and any other anticipated activities that may be undertaken in or may affect that Area;

• (h) a list of every licence, permit, authorization or consent obtained or applied for in respect of the activity; and

• (i) the name, address and telephone number and, if applicable, the facsimile number and electronic mail address of the contact person.