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COASTAL WATERS (STATE POWERS) ACT 1980 No. 75 of 1980 - SECT 4

Extent of territorial sea and coastal waters
4. (1) For the purposes of this Act, the limits of the territorial sea of
Australia shall be the limits existing from time to time, ascertained
consistently with the Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973 and instruments under
that Act and with any agreement (whether made before or after the commencement
of this Act) for the time being in force between Australia and another country
with respect to the outer limit of a particular part of that territorial sea.

(2) If at any time the breadth of the territorial sea of Australia is
determined or declared to be greater than 3 nautical miles, references in this
Act to the coastal waters of the State do not include, in relation to any
State, any part of the territorial sea of Australia that would not be within
the limits of that territorial sea if the breadth of that territorial sea had
continued to be 3 nautical miles. 


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