5AAAEffect of changes to, or reassessment of the location of, the baseline of Australia’s territorial sea on permits, leases, licences, infrastructure licences or pipeline licences

#### 5AAA Effect of changes to, or reassessment of the location of, the baseline of Australia’s territorial sea on permits, leases, licences, infrastructure licences or pipeline licences (1) If: (a) a petroleum mining instrument has been granted on the basis that an area is within the adjacent area in respect of a State or the Northern Territory; and (b) there is a change to the baseline of Australia’s territorial sea or, because new data are obtained or existing data are reconsidered, the location of the baseline is reassessed; and (c) as a result of the change to, or reassessment of the location of, the baseline, the area: (i) ceases to be within the adjacent area in respect of the State or Territory; and (ii) falls within the coastal waters of the State or Territory; this Act applies in relation to the petroleum mining instrument as if the first‑mentioned area were still within the adjacent area in respect of the State or Territory. (2) Subsection (1) continues to apply to the area only while the petroleum mining instrument remains in force. (3) If: (a) a petroleum mining instrument has been granted by a State or the Northern Territory on the basis that an area is within the coastal waters of the State or Territory; and (b) there is a change to the baseline of Australia’s territorial sea or, because new data are obtained or existing data are reconsidered, the location of the baseline is reassessed; and (c) as a result of the change to, or reassessment of the location of, the baseline, the area: (i) ceases to be within the coastal waters of the State or Territory; and (ii) falls within the adjacent area in respect of the State or Territory; then, so far as the petroleum mining instrument is concerned, this Act does not apply to the first‑mentioned area. (4) Subsection (3) continues to apply to the area only while the petroleum mining instrument granted by the State or the Northern Territory remains in force. (5) In this section: > coastal waters, in relation to a State or the Northern Territory, means so much of the area off the coast of the State or Territory that is described in Schedule 2 as is constituted by: (a) the first 3 nautical miles of the territorial sea from the baseline; and (b) any waters that are within the baseline and not within the limit of the State or Territory. > petroleum mining instrument means a permit, lease, licence, infrastructure licence or pipeline licence.