Sch 4Adjacent areas

Schedule 4—Adjacent areas continental shelf and territorial sea have the same meanings as those terms have in the Seas and Submerged Lands Act; Petroleum Act means the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967 of the Commonwealth; Seas and Submerged Lands Act means the Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973 of the Commonwealth. (2) If the Petroleum Act is repealed and re-enacted (with or without modifications), a reference in this Schedule to that Act, or to a provision or Schedule of that Act, will be taken to include a reference to the new Commonwealth Act, or to the corresponding provision or Schedule in the new Commonwealth Act, (as the case requires). 2—Adjacent areas (1) The adjacent area for South Australia, New South Wales, Victoria or Tasmania is so much of the area described in Schedule 2 to the Petroleum Act in relation to that State as is within the outer limits of the continental shelf and includes the space above and below that area. (2) The adjacent area for Queensland is— (a) so much of the area described in Schedule 2 to the Petroleum Act in relation to Queensland as is within the outer limits of the continental shelf; and (b) the Coral Sea area (within the meaning of subsection (7) of section 5A of the Petroleum Act) other than the territorial sea within the Coral Sea area; and (c) the areas within the outer limits of the territorial sea adjacent to certain islands of Queensland as determined by proclamation on 4 February 1983 under section 7 of the Seas and Submerged Lands Act; and (d) the space above and below the areas described in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c). (3) The adjacent area for Western Australia is so much of the area described in Schedule 2 to the Petroleum Act in relation to Western Australia as— (a) is within the outer limits of the continental shelf; and (b) is not within Area A of the Zone of Cooperation, and includes the space above and below that area. (4) The adjacent area for the Northern Territory is— (a) so much of the area described in Schedule 2 to the Petroleum Act in relation to the Northern Territory as— (i) is within the outer limits of the continental shelf; and (ii) is not within Area A of the Zone of Cooperation; and (b) the adjacent area for the Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands (within the meaning of subsection (3) of section 5A of the Petroleum Act) other than the territorial sea within that area; and (c) the space above and below the areas described in paragraphs (a) and (b). (5) However, the adjacent area for a State does not include any area inside the limits of any State or Territory.