Island of Rockall Act 1972
The Island of Rockall Act 1972 is a British act of Parliament formally incorporating the island of Rockall into the United Kingdom to protect it from Irish and Icelandic claims. The act as originally passed declared that the Island of Rockall was now part of the Scottish county of Inverness-shire.
The act has a single effective section, which reads:
It was amended by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 to transfer administrative control to the Western Isles Council when Inverness-shire was abolished.