(1) Subject to subsection (2), every foreign State may exercise, in accordance with international law, the right to lay cables and pipelines on the continental shelf or in the exclusive economic zone.
(2) The right, under subsection (1), to lay cables or pipelines—
(a) shall not be exercised on any occasion unless there has first been obtained any consent required by or under the Regulations or any enactment in relation to the delineation of the course of the cables or pipelines to be laid on that occasion;
(b) shall be exercised in conformity with the provisions of the Regulations, and any enactment, for or with respect to the prevention, reduction and control of pollution from pipelines; and
(c) is subject to the exercise of rights or jurisdiction pursuant to section 12 for or with respect to the control or prevention of the laying of cables or pipelines in connection with the exploration for or exploitation of, resources, or the use of artificial islands, installations or structures.