1Off-shore (Application of Laws) Act 1982

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Off-shore (Application of Laws) Act 1982

Western Australia

Off-shore (Application of Laws) Act 1982

Contents

1. Short title 1

2. Interpretation 1

3. Application of laws of the State to the coastal waters of the State 2

3A. Application of certain laws of the State to the adjacent area in respect of the State 2

4. Regulations 3

Notes

Compilation table 4

Defined terms

Western Australia

Off‑shore (Application of Laws) Act 1982

An Act to make provision with respect to the application of the laws of the State in the coastal waters of the State and to repeal the Off‑shore (Application of Laws) Act 1977 2.

1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the Off‑shore (Application of Laws) Act 1982 1.

2. Interpretation

In this Act —

adjacent area in respect of the State has the same meaning as, in relation to Western Australia, that expression has in the Coastal Waters (State Powers) Act 1980 of the Commonwealth;

coastal waters of the State has the same meaning as, in relation to Western Australia, that expression has in the Coastal Waters (State Powers) Act 1980 of the Commonwealth;

cooperative scheme has the same meaning as that expression has in the Crimes at Sea Act 2000;

criminal laws means the substantive criminal law, and the law of criminal investigation, procedure and evidence, within the meaning of the cooperative scheme;

law of the State means any present or future law in force in the State, whether written or unwritten and as in force from time to time, and includes any instrument made under such a law, save and except a law of the Commonwealth;

shipping matters means matters relating to ports, harbours and other shipping facilities, including installations and dredging and other works, relating thereto, and other coastal works;

subterranean mining means subterranean mining from land within the limits of the State.

[Section 2 amended: No. 37 of 1983 s. 2; No. 11 of 2000 s. 9.]

3. Application of laws of the State to the coastal waters of the State

(1) It is declared that —

(a) the provisions of every law of the State shall be taken to have effect in and in relation to the coastal waters of the State, including the sea‑bed and subsoil beneath and the airspace above the coastal waters of the State, as if those waters were part of Western Australia; and