14External territory offshore areas

#### 14 External territory offshore areas (1) The external territory offshore area for the Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands is the area that is the offshore area for that Territory for the purposes of the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006. > Note 1: The offshore area for the Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands for the purposes of the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 is worked out by taking the area off the coast of the territory that is described in Schedule 1 to that Act and then excluding any areas that are beyond the Continental Shelf. > Note 2: Under the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, any land that is in the offshore area for the Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands is treated as submerged land and as part of the seabed and subsoil of that offshore area. (2) The external territory offshore area for Norfolk Island, the Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands is the area which starts at the coastline of the Islands at mean low water and ends at the outer limit of the superjacent waters of the Continental Shelf adjacent to the coast of the islands. > Note: Under the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, the Coral Sea area is treated as being part of the offshore area for Queensland. Therefore, in this Act, the Coral Sea area is part of the Commonwealth‑Queensland offshore area.