Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973.
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Legislation
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Abstract
An Act to vest sovereignty in respect of the territorial sea and sovereign rights in respect of the Continental Shelf of Australia in the Crown.
The Governor-General may, from time to time, by Proclamation declare, not inconsistently with: (a) Article 55 or 57 of the Convention; or (b) any relevant international agreement to which Australia is a party; the limits of the whole or of any part of the exclusive economic zone of Australia. "The Governor-General may, from time to time, by Proclamation, declare, not inconsistently with section II of Part I of the Conventional on the territorial sea and Contiguous, the limits of the whole or of any part of the territorial sea" (sect. 7). Division IA makes provision with respect to the exclusive economic zone of Australia. The Governor-General may, from time to time, by Proclamation declare, not inconsistently with: (a) Article 55 or 57 of the Convention; or (b) any relevant international agreement to which Australia is a party; the limits of the whole or of any part of the exclusive economic zone of Australia. It is declared and enacted that Australia has a contiguous zone. (22 sections completed by 2 Schedules)
The Governor-General may, from time to time, by Proclamation declare, not inconsistently with: (a) Article 55 or 57 of the Convention; or (b) any relevant international agreement to which Australia is a party; the limits of the whole or of any part of the exclusive economic zone of Australia. "The Governor-General may, from time to time, by Proclamation, declare, not inconsistently with section II of Part I of the Conventional on the territorial sea and Contiguous, the limits of the whole or of any part of the territorial sea" (sect. 7). Division IA makes provision with respect to the exclusive economic zone of Australia. The Governor-General may, from time to time, by Proclamation declare, not inconsistently with: (a) Article 55 or 57 of the Convention; or (b) any relevant international agreement to which Australia is a party; the limits of the whole or of any part of the exclusive economic zone of Australia. It is declared and enacted that Australia has a contiguous zone. (22 sections completed by 2 Schedules)
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Long title of text
An Act relating to Sovereignty in respect of certain Waters of the Sea and in respect of the Airspace over, and the Sea-bed and Subsoil beneath, those Waters and to Sovereign Rights in respect of the Continental Shelf and the Exclusive Economic Zone and to certain rights of control in respect of the Contiguous Zone.
Notes
Last amendments up to Timor Sea Maritime Boundaries Treaty Consequential Amendments Act No. 57 of 7 August 2019. Registered as at 11 September 2019.In the Schedules the texts of the Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone and the Convention on the Continental Shelf.
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No
Source language
English
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