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Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973
No. 161, 1973
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C2019C00259 C04
30 August 2019
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Part I—Preliminary
1 Short title
2 Commencement
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 2AA—Greater Sunrise special regime area
13AA Joint exercise of rights in Greater Sunrise special regime area
13AB Operation of Commonwealth law in relation to Greater Sunrise special regime area
13AC Cessation of effect of this Division
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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
Schedule 1—Parts II, V and VI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
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Schedule 2—Greater Sunrise special regime area
1 Greater Sunrise special regime area
2 Illustrative map of the Greater Sunrise special regime area
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Endnotes
Endnote 1—About the endnotes
Endnote 2—Abbreviation key
Endnote 3—Legislation history
Endnote 4—Amendment history
