MARITIME LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1994 No. 20, 1994 - SECT 6
Interpretation
MARITIME LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1994 No. 20, 1994 - SECT 6
Interpretation
6. Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended:
(a) by omitting "the Convention on the Continental Shelf" from the
definition of "continental shelf" in subsection (1) and substituting
"paragraph 1 of Article 76 of the Convention";
(b) by inserting in subsection (1) the following definitions:
"'contiguous zone' has the same meaning as in Article 33 of the Convention;
'exclusive economic zone' has the same meaning as in Articles 55 and 57 of the
Convention;
'territorial sea' has the same meaning as in Articles 3 and 4 of the
Convention;
'the Convention' means the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
done at Montego Bay on 10 December 1982 (Parts II, V and VI of which are set
out in the Schedule).".
(c) by inserting after subsection (2) the following subsection:
"(2A) In this Act, including section 10A, a reference to the exclusive
economic zone of Australia is a reference to that zone so far as it extends
from time to time.";
(d) by inserting after subsection (3) the following subsection:
"(3A) In this Act, including section 13A, a reference to the contiguous zone
of Australia is a reference to that zone so far as it extends from time to
time.";
(e) by inserting after subsection (4) the following subsection:
"(4A) If a Proclamation is in force under section 10B, the exclusive economic
zone of Australia is taken, for all purposes of this Act, to extend to the
limits declared by that Proclamation.";
(f) by inserting after subsection (5) the following subsection:
"(5A) If a Proclamation is in force under section 13B, the contiguous zone of
Australia is taken, for all purposes of this Act, to extend to the limits
declared by that Proclamation.".