Commonwealth legislation

Crimes at Sea Regulations

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Jurisdiction

Commonwealth

Act Number

286 of 1987

Collection

legislative instrument

Plain English Summary

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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.

By 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.

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Crimes at Sea Regulations

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Statutory Rules 1987 No. 2861

Crimes at Sea Regulations

I, 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.

Dated 11 December 1987.

N. M. STEPHEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

Lionel Bowen

Attorney-General

Citation

These Regulations may be cited as the Crimes at Sea Regulations.

Interpretation

In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:

“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;

“affected Territory” has the same meaning as in the Sea Installations Act 1987;

“sea installation” has the same meaning as in the Sea Installations Act 1987;

“the Act” means the Crimes at Sea Act 1979.

Jurisdiction with respect to establishment and use of sea installations

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.

(S.R. 321/87)—Cat. No. 14/20.11.1987

NOTE

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 17 December 1987.

Printed by Authority by the Commonwealth Government Printer

Source text

Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation (legislation.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.

1 Crimes at Sea Regulations

Statutory Rules 1987 No. 2861

Crimes at Sea Regulations

I, 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.

Dated 11 December 1987.

N. M. STEPHEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

Lionel Bowen

Attorney-General

Citation

These Regulations may be cited as the Crimes at Sea Regulations.

Interpretation

In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:

“affected Territory” has the same meaning as in the Sea Installations Act 1987;

“sea installation” has the same meaning as in the Sea Installations Act 1987;

“the Act” means the Crimes at Sea Act 1979.

Jurisdiction with respect to establishment and use of sea installations

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.

(S.R. 321/87)—Cat. No. 14/20.11.1987

NOTE

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 17 December 1987.

Printed by Authority by the Commonwealth Government Printer