Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Subject to subsection (2), the provisions of the Acts specified in the Schedule apply, as provided by this section, in relation to sea installations installed, or being installed, in adjacent areas and so apply as if those areas were part of the Commonwealth.
(2) The regulations may revoke the application, or the application in a specified adjacent area, of an Act, or part of an Act, specified in the Schedule.
(3) Subject to this Act, the regulations may provide that a specified Act, or a specified part of a specified Act, applies, as provided by this section, in relation to sea installations installed, or being installed, in adjacent areas or specified adjacent areas and so applies as if those areas were part of the Commonwealth.
(4) Without limiting the operation of subsections (1) and (3), an Act or part of an Act applying in relation to an adjacent area under those subsections, applies:
(a) in relation to:
(i) an act or omission that takes place on or in the vicinity of; and
(ii) a matter that exists or arises in relation to;
a sea installation installed, or being installed, in the adjacent area or a ship, aircraft, structure or installation, or equipment or other property, that is in the adjacent area for any reason relating to such a sea installation;
(b) in relation to a person who:
(i) is on such a sea installation;
(ii) is in the adjacent area for a reason of the kind referred to in paragraph (a); or
(iii) is on or in the vicinity of a ship, aircraft, structure or installation, or equipment or other property, that is in the adjacent area for a reason of the kind referred to in paragraph (a); and
(c) in relation to a person in respect of the person carrying on any operation or doing any work in the adjacent area for a reason of the kind referred to in paragraph (a).
(5) This section does not limit the operation of any law apart from this section.