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COASTAL WATERS (STATE POWERS) ACT 1980 No. 75 of 1980 - SECT 3

Interpretation
3. (1) In this Act-



"adjacent area in respect of the State" means, in relation to each State, the
area the boundary of which is described under the heading referring to that
State in Schedule 2 to the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967 as in force
immediately before the commencement of this Act;



"coastal waters of the State" means, in relation to each State-

   (a)  the part or parts of the territorial sea of Australia that is or are
        within the adjacent area in respect of the State, other than any part
        referred to in sub-section 4 (2); and

   (b)  any sea that is on the landward side of any part of the territorial
        sea of Australia and is within the
        adjacent area in respect of the State but is not within the limits of
        the State or of a Territory.

(2) The Acts Interpretation Act 1901, in the form in which it was in force, as
amended, immediately before the day on which this Act received the Royal
Assent, applies to the interpretation of this Act. 


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