Section 8: Application of laws.

(1) Subject to this Act, the provisions of the laws in force in Nigeria (apart from those specifically applied or extended by or under this Act) and as in force from time to time, and the provisions of any instrument made under any of those laws, shall apply in the area of the sea within which the oil terminal is situated.
(2) The provisions referred to in subsection (1) of this section apply to and in relation to all acts, matters, circumstances and things touching, concerning, or connected with the oil terminal or arising from its operations or connected with the storage or pumping of oil from such terminal, and not otherwise, and so apply as if that area were part of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
(3) This section does not-
(a) extend to the provisions of any law or instrument-
(i) in so far as they are incapable of application in the area of the sea within which such terminal is situated;
(ii) in so far as they are expressed, or by necessary implication, not to extend to or apply in that area;
(b) affect the operation that any law has apart from this section;
(c) apply to the provisions of any law or instrument that is applicable only in a State and within the authority of the government of the State.
(4) For the avoidance of doubt, sections 2 and 3 of the Territorial Waters Act (which relate to jurisdiction and restriction on trial of offences committed within the territorial waters of Nigeria) apply, in relation to offences committed under this Act (or any other enactment or instrument applied or extended by or under this Act, whether or not such offences are committed within the territorial waters) as they apply in respect of trial of offences committed within the territorial waters.
(5) Any provision applied or extended by or under this Act shall have effect with any necessary modifications and omissions.