57Application of laws of Victoria in certain off-shore areas[[4]](#endnote-5)

57 Application of laws of Victoria in certain off-shore areas[[4]](#endnote-5)

S. 57(1) amended by Nos 10/2010 s. 800(Sch. 6 item 7.1), 64/2012 s. 73.

(1) Subject to this section, the provisions of the laws in force in Victoria whether written or unwritten and as in force from time to time and the provisions of any instrument made under any of those laws apply in the offshore area.

S. 57(2) amended by No. 10/2010 s. 800(Sch. 6 item 7.2).

(2) The provisions referred to in subsection (1) apply to and in relation to—

S. 57(2)(a) amended by No. 10/2010 s. 800(Sch. 6 item 7.2).

(a) any act done or omitted to be done at a place in the offshore area which is within the outer limits of the coastal waters of Victoria;

S. 57(2)(b) amended by No. 10/2010 s. 800(Sch. 6 item 7.2).

(b) any act done or omitted to be done in the offshore area by a person connected with Victoria; and

S. 57(2)(c) amended by No. 10/2010 s. 800(Sch. 6 item 7.2).

(c) any matter, thing or circumstance existing or arising in the offshore area which involves or relates to persons connected with Victoria—

as if the offshore area were part of Victoria.

(3) This section does not operate—

S. 57(3)(a) amended by No. 10/2010 s. 800(Sch. 6 item 7.2).

(a) to apply in the offshore area the provisions of any law of the Commonwealth; or

S. 57(3)(b) substituted by No. 56/1999 s. 10(1), amended by No. 10/2010 s. 800(Sch. 6 item 7.2).

(b) to apply the provisions of the criminal laws of the State to or in relation to the offshore area or the sea-bed or subsoil beneath or the airspace above that offshore area; or

S. 57(3)(c) inserted by No. 56/1999 s. 10(1).

(c) to apply the provisions of the criminal laws of the State to or in relation to the coastal waters of Victoria or the sea-bed or subsoil beneath or the airspace above those waters.

(4) Subject to this section, the several courts of Victoria are invested with jurisdiction in all matters arising under the provisions of the laws applied by this section.

S. 57(5) amended by Nos 57/1989 s. 3(Sch. item 104.3), 68/2009 s. 97(Sch. item 71).

(5) For the purposes of proceedings for an offence against the law of Victoria an averment in an indictment, charge-sheet or complaint that—

(a) a person was at a specified time or in respect of a specified period a person connected with Victoria—

S. 57(5)(b)(c) repealed by No. 56/1999 s. 10(2).

shall be evidence and, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, conclusive evidence of the fact averred.