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第 1 條本辦法依中華民國專屬經濟海域及大陸礁層法（以下簡稱本法）第十五條第一項規定訂定之。
Article 1　The present Regulations of Permission for Delineation of Course for Laying, Maintaining, or Modifying Submarine Cables or Pipelines on the Continental Shelf of the Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as "the Regulations") are formulated in accordance with Paragraph 1, Article 15 of the Law on the Exclusive Economic Zone and the Continental Shelf of the Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as "the Law") .

第 2 條本辦法所稱主管機關為內政部。
Article 2　The Competent Authority as referred to in the Regulations is the Ministry of the Interior.

第 3 條本辦法用辭定義如下：
一、電纜：指通信、電力或其他傳輸用途之纜線及其附屬設施。
二、管道：指輸水、輸氣、輸油或輸送其他物質之管狀輸送設施。
Article 3　The terms used in the Regulations are defined as follows:
1. "cable" means cable lines and affiliated devices used for communication, electricity, or other transmitting purposes.
2. "pipeline" means pipe-shaped transporting devices used for transporting water, gas, petroleum, or other materials.

第 4 條在中華民國大陸礁層舖設海底電纜或管道，於申請路線劃定許可前，電纜或管道所有人(以下簡稱所有人)應檢附申請書及計畫書，向主管機關申請路線勘測。
前項計畫書，應載明下列事項：
一、計畫概述。
二、勘測之地理區域，並附具圖說。
三、勘測期間、內容、方法及設備。
四、勘測作業船舶。
五、緊急應變計畫。
六、其他經主管機關規定應記載事項。
主管機關受理第一項路線勘測申請後，應於三十日內審查；經審查不符合規定，而其情形可以補正者，應訂期限通知所有人補正，不依限補正者，駁回其申請。
依第一項規定申請路線勘測，其勘測寬度於中華民國鄰接區外界線向陸側之海域，以零點五浬為限；於中華民國鄰接區外者，以五浬為限。但有特殊情形，得於計畫書敘明理由，經主管機關同意者，不在此限。

Article 4 Before applying for permission of course delineation for laying submarine cables or pipelines on the continental shelf of the Republic of China, owner(s) of cables or pipelines (hereafter, “Owner”) shall submit an application and proposal in writing for course survey to the Competent Authority with the following information:
1. Overview of course survey application;
2. Geographical area where survey will cover, including a chart description;
3. Duration, content, method, and equipment to be used for survey;
4. Operation vessel;
5. Emergency response plan;
6. Other records required by the Competent Authority.

The Competent Authority shall review the application within 30 days after filing of the said application; if the said application does not fulfill the requirements of the regulations and needs improvement, the said application shall be withheld for a specified duration of time for the Owner to revise his application to fulfill the requirements. Failure to complete needed revisions within the specified duration of time will result in rejection of the application.
Based on Paragraph 1, to apply delineation of course, if survey routes are located from the contiguous zone of the Republic of China toward the land, the width of survey routes shall be restricted in 0.5 nautical mile. If the survey routes are located out of the contiguous zone of the Republic of China, the width of survey routes shall be restricted in 5 nautical miles. But specific case will be accepted if Owner reported the special condition in the proposal and get approval from the Competent Authority.

第 5 條主管機關同意所有人路線勘測之申請後，所有人應於實施路線勘測作業十五日前，檢具作業船舶之名稱、國籍、噸位、類型、級別、通訊方式、主要裝備及性能、船員及工作人員資料，並檢附船舶照片送主管機關備查。其有異動者，亦同。
前項作業船舶、船員及工作人員資料，於依前條規定申請路線勘測時已可確定者，得於申請時一併檢送。
Article 5　After the Competent Authority approves Owner's application for course survey, Owner shall submit, 15 days prior to the performance of said course survey operation, the name, nationality, tonnage, type, class, communication method, main equipment and functions of operation vessel, as well as personnel data of crew and other working staff, together with enclosed photographs of the vessel, to the Competent Authority for filing. Whenever there is a change of the above-mentioned information, same procedure applies for filing.
Information on the above-mentioned operation vessel, crew and other working staff may be attached to Owner's application for course survey in accordance with the preceding article if such information can be ascertained at that time.