Commonwealth Numbered Acts

TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT 1991 No. 98 of 1991 - SECT 31

31. (1) Subject to subsection (2), this Act applies in relation to the
adjacent areas of the States and eligible Territories as if references to
Australia included references to those adjacent areas.

(2) The application of this Act in relation to the adjacent areas of the
States and eligible Territories extends only in relation to acts, matters and
things touching, concerning, arising out of or connected with the exploration
of, or the exploitation of the resources of, the continental shelf of
Australia.

(3) Without limiting subsection (2), the application of this Act in relation
to the adjacent areas of the States and eligible Territories because of
subsection (1) extends in relation to all acts done by or in relation to, and
all matters, circumstances and things affecting, any person who is in the
adjacent area of a State or eligible Territory for a reason touching,
concerning, arising out of or connected with the exploration of, or the
exploitation of the resources of, the continental shelf of Australia.