10Criminal laws applicable in offshore areas in relation to other matters within Australian jurisdiction

##### 10 Criminal laws applicable in offshore areas in relation to other matters within Australian jurisdiction (1) If at any time the regulations declare that, with respect to a particular matter (not being the exploration of, or the exploitation of the resources of, the continental shelf of Australia or of an external Territory) Australia has jurisdiction under international law in relation to an area of waters beyond the outer limits of the territorial sea of Australia and not within the outer limits of the territorial sea adjacent to an external Territory, or in relation to such an area of waters and the airspace above, or the seabed and subsoil below, that area of waters or both that airspace and that seabed and subsoil, then, subject to this section, the provisions of the criminal laws in force in the State or Territory to which that area is adjacent apply in that area, or in that area and that airspace or that seabed and subsoil or both that airspace and that seabed and subsoil, as the case may be, and so apply as if that area were part of that State or Territory. (2) Subject to subsection (3), the provisions referred to in subsection (1) apply by virtue of subsection (1) to and in relation to all acts, matters and things touching, concerning, arising out of or connected with the matter declared by the regulations, and not otherwise. (3) Without limiting the generality of subsection (2), the provisions referred to in subsection (1) apply by virtue of subsection (1) to and in relation to all acts that are committed by or in relation to, and all matters, circumstances and things that affect, any person who is in, on or below, or in the airspace above, the relevant area of waters for a reason touching, concerning, arising out of or connected with the matter declared by the regulations. (4) The regulations may make provision for and in relation to ascertaining the State or Territory to which an area of waters is to be taken to be adjacent for the purposes of subsection (1). (5) For the purposes of this section, an area of waters may be taken to be adjacent to a State or Territory if that area of waters is adjacent to the territorial sea adjacent to that State or Territory.