12Meaning of Australian territory

12  Meaning of Australian territory   A reference in a provision of this Act to Australian territory is a reference to:  (a) Australia, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands and any external Territory to which that provision extends; and  (b) the airspace over an area covered by paragraph (a); and  (c) the coastal sea of Australia, of Christmas Island, of Cocos (Keeling) Islands and of any other external Territory to which that provision extends. Note 1: Under subsection 7(2), the regulations may extend this Act, or any provisions of this Act, to external Territories. Note 2: The definition of coastal sea of Australia or an external Territory in subsection 15B(4) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 includes the airspace over Australia or the external Territory.