Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) It is declared
that —
(a) the
provisions of every law of the State, being a law with respect to subterranean
mining or shipping matters, shall be taken to have effect in and in relation
to the adjacent area in respect of the State including the sea-bed and subsoil
beneath and the airspace above that adjacent area as if that adjacent area was
part of Western Australia; and
(b) any
reference in a written law of the State, being a law with respect to
subterranean mining or shipping matters, to Western Australia or to the State
or to the jurisdiction or any other like reference shall be read as including
a reference to the adjacent area in respect of the State.
(2) Nothing in
subsection (1) shall be taken —
(a) to
limit the operation of any written law of the State intended to operate beyond
the coastal waters of the State; or
(b) to
apply the provisions of the criminal laws of the State to or in relation to
the adjacent area in respect of the State or the sea-bed or subsoil beneath or
the airspace above that adjacent area.
[Section 3A inserted: No. 37 of 1983 s. 3;
amended: No. 11 of 2000 s. 9.]