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High Seas Biodiversity Act 2026
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3 Object of this Act
The object of this Act is to give effect to Australia’s obligations under the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction.
Note: In this Act, the Agreement mentioned in this section is referred to as the BBNJ Agreement (see the definition of that term in section 5).