COASTAL WATERS (STATE POWERS) ACT 1980 - SECT 6 International status of territorial sea
COASTAL WATERS (STATE POWERS) ACT 1980 - SECT 6
International status of territorial sea Nothing in this Act affects the status of the territorial sea of
Australia under international law or the rights and duties of the Commonwealth
in relation to ensuring the observance of international law, including the
provisions of international agreements binding on the Commonwealth and, in
particular, the provisions of the Convention on the Territorial Sea and the
Contiguous Zone relating to the right of innocent passage of ships.