3.2 Breadth of Contiguous Zone

The UNCLOS settlement: the contiguous zone up to 24 nautical miles from the baselines (the 12-mile territorial sea + the 12-mile extension beyond — the contiguous belt); the pre- UNCLOS practice (the varied claims — the 1958 Convention's 12-mile zone) and the UNCLOS's extension to 24. The zone's relations: the overlap with the EEZ (the contiguous zone inside the EEZ — the different regimes coexisting: the EEZ's resource functions + the contiguous zone's enforcement functions); the delimitation between neighbouring states' contiguous zones (the equidistance's default craft — the same equitable principles' application); the enforcement's practice (the customs' "hot pursuit" companion — the pursuit's commencement within the zone or territorial sea and the continuation beyond — the high-seas institution's interface). Exam Focus Long question: the contiguous zone's full regime (the concept, the four heads, the breadth — the compact banker). Short questions: the four heads; the 24-mile rule; the hot-pursuit interface. Trick areas: (i) The contiguous zone is FUNCTIONAL (the four heads only) — NOT sovereignty (the "sovereignty to 24 miles" error); (ii) 24 NM is measured FROM THE BASELINES (not beyond the territorial sea's outer edge); (iii) The prevention-and- punishment pair — the infringement must relate to the territory's laws (the zone's laws cannot be created); (iv) The high-seas freedoms SURVIVE in the contiguous zone.