(1) Subject to subsection (2) and section 9, the Continental shelf of Saint Lucia comprises those areas of the seabed and subsoil of the submarine areas that are beyond and adjacent to the territorial sea throughout the natural prolongation of the land territory of Saint Lucia to the outer edge of the continental margin, or to a distance of 200 nautical miles from the nearest point of the baseline of the territorial sea when the outer edge of the continental margin does not extend up to that distance.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), wherever the continental margin extends beyond 200 nautical miles from the nearest point of the baseline of the territorial sea, the outer limits of the continental shelf shall be established with all due regard to the requirements and limitations of international law relevant to the establishment and delineation of the continental shelf beyond that distance.
(3) For the purposes of this section, the continental margin comprises the submerged prolongation of the landmass of Saint Lucia consisting of the seabed and subsoil of the shelf, the slope and the rise, but does not include the deep ocean floor with its oceanic ridges or the subsoil thereof.