Part 6 Adjacent areas

13.   Interpretation: Part 6

In this Part –

baseline of Australia's territorial sea means the baseline from which the breadth of the territorial sea is to be measured under section 7 of the Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973 of the Commonwealth;

continental shelf has the same meaning as in the Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973 of the Commonwealth;

territorial sea has the same meaning as in the Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973 of the Commonwealth.

14.   Adjacent areas

(1) The adjacent area for New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia or Tasmania is so much of the area described in Schedule 2 to the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967 of the Commonwealth in relation to that State that is within the outer limits of the continental shelf and includes the space above and below that area.

(2) The adjacent area for Queensland is –

(a) so much of the area described in Schedule 2 to the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967 of the Commonwealth in relation to Queensland that is within the outer limits of the continental shelf; and

(b) the Coral Sea area (within the meaning of section 5A(7) of the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967 of the Commonwealth) other than the territorial sea within the Coral Sea area; and

(c) the areas within the outer limits of the territorial sea adjacent to certain islands of Queensland as determined by proclamation on 4 February 1983 under section 7 of the Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973 of the Commonwealth; and

(d) the space above and below the areas described in , and .