{"id":"C2004L01767","name":"Crimes at Sea Regulations","slug":"crimes-at-sea-regulations","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"286 of 1987","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":25496,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004L01767-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Crimes at Sea Regulations","content":"![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.png)\n\nStatutory Rules 1987 No. 2861\n\nCrimes at Sea Regulations\n\nI, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Crimes at Sea Act 1979.\n\nDated 11 December 1987.\n\nN. M. STEPHEN\n\nGovernor-General\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nLionel Bowen\n\nAttorney-General\n\nCitation\n\n1. These Regulations may be cited as the Crimes at Sea Regulations.\n\nInterpretation\n\n2. In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:\n\n“adjacent area” has the same meaning as in the Sea Installations Act 1987, but the space above or below an adjacent area, being the space referred to in subsection 5 (9) of that Act, shall not be deemed to be in that area;\n\n“affected Territory” has the same meaning as in the Sea Installations Act 1987;\n\n“sea installation” has the same meaning as in the Sea Installations Act 1987;\n\n“the Act” means the Crimes at Sea Act 1979.\n\nJurisdiction with respect to establishment and use of sea installations\n\n3. With respect to the establishment and use of sea installations, it is hereby declared that Australia has jurisdiction under international law in relation to each area of waters that is the adjacent area in respect of a State or an affected Territory.\n\n(S.R. 321/87)—Cat. No. 14/20.11.1987\n\n  \n\nNOTE\n\n1\\. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 17 December 1987.\n\nPrinted by Authority by the Commonwealth Government Printer","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2069},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This represents the original 1987 making of the regulations. The scope remains tightly focused on the narrow, original purpose: declaring jurisdiction over sea installations in adjacent areas to support the parent Crimes at Sea Act 1979. No expansion beyond this specific jurisdictional declaration is evident."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 operative sections total","Single substantive provision (section 3) containing a simple declaratory statement","All definitions imported by reference to external legislation (Sea Installations Act 1987)","No exceptions, conditional logic, or internal cross-references","No procedural machinery, penalties, or enforcement mechanisms"],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations declare that Australian criminal law applies to sea installations—like fixed or floating oil and mining platforms—located in the “adjacent area” off state and territory coasts.  \n\nBy adopting the Sea Installations Act’s definitions and formally asserting jurisdiction under international law, they remove the legal gap that could leave crimes on offshore structures without clear Australian authority, affecting operators, workers, and enforcement agencies."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/crimes-at-sea-regulations","history":"/api/acts/crimes-at-sea-regulations/history","analysis":"/api/acts/crimes-at-sea-regulations/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/crimes-at-sea-regulations/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/crimes-at-sea-regulations/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/crimes-at-sea-regulations/documents"}}