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Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973
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C2008C00399
04 July 2008
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29 August 2019
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Part I—Preliminary
1 Short title [see Note 1]
2 Commencement [see Note 1]
3 Interpretation
4 Extension to Territories
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Part II—Sovereignty, sovereign rights and rights of control
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Division 1—The territorial sea
5 Interpretation
6 Sovereignty in respect of territorial sea
7 Limits of territorial sea
8 Declaration of historic bays and historic waters
9 Charts of limits of territorial sea
10 Sovereignty in respect of internal waters
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Division 1A—The exclusive economic zone
10A Sovereign rights in respect of exclusive economic zone
10B Limits of exclusive economic zone
10C Charts of limits of exclusive economic zone
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Division 2—The continental shelf
11 Sovereign rights in respect of continental shelf
12 Limits of continental shelf
13 Charts of limits of continental shelf
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Division 2A—The contiguous zone
13A Rights of control in respect of contiguous zone
13B Limits of contiguous zone
13C Charts of limits of contiguous zone
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Division 3—Savings
14 Part II does not affect waters etc. within State limits
15 Certain property not vested in Commonwealth
16 Saving of other laws
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Schedule—Parts II, V and VI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
Notes to the STYLEREF ShortT \* MERGEFORMAT Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973
