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Fisheries Management Act 1991
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#### 5 Coastal waters
(1) For the purposes of this Act, the coastal waters of a State or internal Territory are:
(a) the part or parts of the territorial sea of Australia that are:
(i) within 3 nautical miles of the baseline by reference to which the territorial limits of Australia are defined for the purposes of international law; and
(ii) adjacent to that State or Territory; and
(b) any marine or tidal waters that are on the landward side of that baseline and are adjacent to that State or Territory but are not within the limits of a State or Territory.
(2) Any part of the territorial sea of Australia that is adjacent to the Jervis Bay Territory is, for the purposes of subsection (1), taken to be adjacent to New South Wales.