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Acts Interpretation Act 1954
sec.47CExtent of jurisdiction in relation to coastal waters
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### sec.47C Extent of jurisdiction in relation to coastal waters
A person who has a function or power conferred on the person under a law for the purposes of or in connection with a provision of the laws of the State has and may perform the function for the purposes of or in connection with that provision, as applying because of this part, as if the coastal waters of the State, as extending from time to time, were within the limits of the State.
All courts of the State are invested with jurisdiction in all matters arising under the provisions of the laws of the State, as applying because of this part, as if the coastal waters of the State, as extending from time to time, were within the limits of the State.
s 47C orig s 47C ins 1991 No. 30 s 37
amd 1991 No. 97 s 3 sch 1
om 1992 No. 27 s 56
prev s 47C ins 1994 No. 73 s 3
amd 1999 No. 29 s 50 sch
om 2001 No. 80 s 94 sch 2
pres s 47C ins 2010 No. 42 s 6
(sec.47C-ssec.1) A person who has a function or power conferred on the person under a law for the purposes of or in connection with a provision of the laws of the State has and may perform the function for the purposes of or in connection with that provision, as applying because of this part, as if the coastal waters of the State, as extending from time to time, were within the limits of the State.
(sec.47C-ssec.2) All courts of the State are invested with jurisdiction in all matters arising under the provisions of the laws of the State, as applying because of this part, as if the coastal waters of the State, as extending from time to time, were within the limits of the State.