278Changes to the boundary of the offshore area

278 Changes to the boundary of the offshore area

(a) a State title has been granted on the basis that an area (the first area) is within the offshore area; and

(b) as a result of a change to the boundary of the offshore area, the first area—

(ii) falls within the Commonwealth defined offshore area—

this Act applies in relation to the State title as if the first area were still within the offshore area.

(2) Subsection (1) continues to apply to the first area only while the State title remains in force.

S. 278(2A) inserted by No. 16/2018 s. 30(1).

(2A) If—

(a) a Commonwealth title has been granted on the basis that an area (the second area) is within the Commonwealth defined offshore area; and

(b) as a result of a change to the boundary of the offshore area, the second area—

(ii) falls within the offshore area—

then, so far as the Commonwealth title is concerned, this Act does not apply to the second area.

S. 278(2B) inserted by No. 16/2018 s. 30(1).

(2B) Subsection (2A) continues to apply to the second area only while the Commonwealth title remains in force.

(3) This section applies to a change to the boundary of the coastal waters of the State, whether occurring before, at or after the commencement of this section.

S. 278(4) def. of Common-wealth title inserted by No. 16/2018 s. 30(2).

Commonwealth title means an instrument under the Commonwealth Act that confers, in relation to the Commonwealth defined offshore area, some or all of the rights that a State title confers in relation to the offshore area;