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ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ACT 1999 - SECT 30

Extended operation in State and Northern Territory waters

  (1)   Section   29 applies to an action taken on, over or under the seabed vested in a State by section   4 of the Coastal Waters (State Title) Act 1980 in the same way that it applies to an action taken in the State.

  (2)   Section   29 applies to an action taken on, over or under the seabed vested in the Northern Territory by section   4 of the Coastal Waters (Northern Territory Title) Act 1980 in the same way that it applies to an action taken in the Territory.

  (3)   Section   29 applies to an action taken in a Commonwealth marine area to which a law of a State or self - governing Territory is applied by a Commonwealth law or by an agreement or arrangement under a Commonwealth law (other than this Act) in the same way as it applies to an action in the State or Territory, if the provision of the bilateral agreement has effect in relation to the area.

Note:   A provision of a bilateral agreement only has effect in relation to a Commonwealth area or the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park if the agreement expressly provides that it does. See section   49.


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