Commonwealth Numbered Acts

FISHERIES AMENDMENT ACT 1980 No. 86 of 1980 - SECT 4

4. After section 4 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:
Coastal waters

"4A. (1) For the purposes of this Act, the coastal waters of a State or
internal Territory are-

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

   (b)  any marine or tidal waters that are on the landward side of any part
        of the territorial sea of Australia and are adjacent to that State or
        Territory but are not within the limits of a State or Territory.



"(2) If at any time the breadth of the territorial sea of Australia is
determined or declared to be greater than 3 nautical miles, the coastal waters
of a State or internal Territory do not include, for the purposes of this Act,
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.



"(3) Any part of the territorial sea of Australia that is adjacent to the
Jervis Bay Territory shall, for the purposes of sub-section (1), be deemed to
be adjacent to New South Wales.".