Maritime Zones Act No. 1 of 2018.

The contiguous zone, continental shelf, exclusive economic zone, maritime zone, and territorial sea of the Cook Islands are described in this Act. The Cabinet may endorse any charts that it considers fit showing any matter relating to the baseline of the territorial sea or the limits of the territorial sea, contiguous zone, exclusive economic zone, or continental shelf. The limits of the maritime zones under this Act may be declared by regulations made under section 20 in compliance with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. This Act specifies that the sovereignty of the Cook Islands extends to its internal waters, its territorial sea, the airspace over them, the seabed and subsoil under them, and the resources contained in them. This Act sets forth provisions on the control that may be exercised in the contiguous zone, rights in the exclusive economic zone and continental shelf, and rights of other States in maritime zones. Moreover, this Act amends several acts indicated in the Schedule.