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Territorial Sea and Exclusive Economic Zone Amendment Act No. 7 of 2012.

Type of law
Legislation
Source

Abstract
This Act amends the definition of the contiguous zone in the Section 7A of the Act, as “The contiguous zone of the Cook Islands comprises those areas of the sea that are adjacent to and beyond the territorial sea of the Cook Islands, having as their outer limits a line measured seaward from the baseline described in Section 5 of this Act, every point of which line is a distance of 24 nautical miles from the nearest point of the baseline”.
Date of text
Entry into force notes
This Act comes into force on the day it is assented to by the Queen's Representative.
Notes
An Act to amend the Territorial Sea and Exclusive Economic Zone Act 1977 to establish a contiguous zone adjacent to the territorial seas, and in the exercise of the sovereign rights of the Cook Islands to make provision for customs, immigration, fiscal and sanitary laws and regulations.
Repealed
Yes
Source language

English

Legislation Amendment
No
Repealed by