New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PETROLEUM (ONSHORE) ACT 1991 - SECT 4

4 Graticulation of the Earth's surface

For the purposes of this Act, the surface of the Earth is taken to be divided--

(a) by the meridian of Greenwich and by meridians of longitude that are at a distance from that meridian of 5 minutes, or a multiple of 5 minutes, of longitude, and

(b) by the equator and by parallels of latitude that are at a distance from the equator of 5 minutes, or a multiple of 5 minutes, of latitude,

(c) by portions of 2 of those meridians that are at a distance from each other of 5 minutes of longitude, and

(d) by portions of 2 of those parallels that are at a distance from each other of 5 minutes of latitude.