1Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973 - Proclamation under section 7(1) (04/02/1983)

PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS it is provided by sub-section 7(1) of the Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973 that the Governor-General may, from time to time, by Proclamation, declare, not inconsistently with Section II of Part I of the Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone, the limits of the whole or of any part of the territorial sea:

AND WHEREAS it is provided by sub-section 7 (2) of that Act that, for the purposes of such a Proclamation, the Governor-General may, in particular, determine either or both of the following:

(a) the breadth of the territorial sea:

(b) the baseline from which the breadth of the territorial sea, or any part of the territorial sea, is to be measured:

NOW THEREFORE I, Sir Ninian Martin Stephen, the Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, in pursuance of section 7 of the Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973 and with effect on and from 14 February 1983, hereby declare as follows:

1. (1) In this Proclamation, “mile” means international nautical mile, being a distance of 1,852 metres.

(2) Where for the purposes of this Proclamation it is necessary to determine the position on the surface of the Earth of a point, line or area by reference to the Australian Geodetic Datum—

(a) that position shall be determined by reference to a spheroid having its centre at the centre of the Earth and a major (equatorial) radius of 6,378,160 metres and a flattening of Image unavailable in extracted text and by reference to the position of the Johnston Geodetic Station in the Northern Territory; and

(b) the Johnston Geodetic Station shall be taken to be situated at Latitude 25° 56′54.5515″ South and at Longitude 133°12′30.0771″ East and to have a ground level of 571,2 metres above the spheroid referred to in paragraph (a).

2. The outer limits of the territorial sea adjacent to certain islands comprised within the State of Queensland are as follows:

(a) the outer limit of the territorial sea of Australia adjacent to the islands known as Aubusi, Boigu and Moimi is the limit described in Schedule 1;

(b) the outer limit of the territorial sea of Australia adjacent to the islands known as Dauan, Kaumag and Saibai is the limit described in Schedule 2;

(c) the outer limit of the territorial sea of Australia adjacent to the islands known as Anchor Cay and East Cay is the limit described in Schedule 3;