Section 2: Designation of prohibited sea areas.

(1) For the purposes of this Act the areas of the sea designated by or in accordance with this section shall be prohibited sea areas.
(2) Subject to the following provisions of this section, the areas specified in the Schedule to this Act shall be prohibited sea areas.
(3) The Minister, if he considers it necessary to do so for the purpose of protecting the coast and territorial waters of Nigeria from pollution by oil, may by order designate any area of the sea outside the territorial waters of Nigeria and outside the areas specified in the Schedule to this Act as a prohibited sea area.
(4) For the purpose of giving effect to any variation of the prohibited zones referred to in the Convention of 1954 to 1962, in accordance with the provisions of that Convention or of any subsequent Convention, the Minister may by order vary any of the areas specified in the Schedule to this Act or declare that any area specified in that Schedule shall cease to be included therein.
(5) For the purpose of giving effect to any subsequent Convention, the Minister may by order designate as a prohibited sea area, any area of the sea, outside the territorial waters of Nigeria, which, apart from the order, is not a prohibited sea area.
(6) The power of the Minister under subsection (4) or (5) of this section shall be exercisable either generally or in relation to different classes of vessels or different circumstances or both.