Commonwealth Numbered Acts

OFFSHORE MINERALS ACT 1994 No. 28, 1994 - SECT 10

10.(1) Subject to subsection (2), this is how the position of a point, line or
area on the Earth's surface is to be worked out for the purposes of this Act
and subordinate instruments:

   (a)  the position is to be worked out by reference to a spheroid that:

        (i)    has a major (equatorial) radius of 6,378,160 metres; and

        (ii)   has a flattening of 100/29825; and

   (b)  the Johnston Geodetic Station in the Northern Territory is taken to be
        located 571.2 metres above the point on the surface of the spheroid
        that is at:

        (i)    133 degrees 12' 30.0771" East Longitude; and

        (ii)   25 degrees 56' 54.5515" South Latitude.

(2) The position on the Earth's surface of a point or line specified in an
International Seabed Agreement is to be worked out for the purposes of this
Act and subordinate instruments in accordance with the Agreement.

(3) In this section:

"International Seabed Agreement" means:

   (a)  the Agreement between Australia and Indonesia that was signed at
        Canberra on 18 May 1971 and established certain seabed boundaries; and

   (b)  the Agreement between Australia and Indonesia that was signed at
        Jakarta on 9 October 1972 and established certain seabed boundaries in
        the area of the Timor and Arafura Seas; and

   (c)  the Agreement between Australia and Indonesia that was signed at
        Jakarta on 12 February 1973 and that related to certain boundaries
        between Papua New Guinea and Indonesia; and

   (d)  the treaty between Australia and the Independent State of Papua New
        Guinea concerning sovereignty and maritime boundaries in the area
        between the 2 countries, including the area known as the Torres
        Strait, and related matters that was signed at Sydney on 18 December
        1978; and

   (e)  the Agreement on Maritime Delimitation between the Government of
        Australia and the Government of the French Republic that was signed at
        Melbourne on 4 January 1982; and

   (f)  the agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government
        of the Solomon Islands Establishing Certain Sea and Seabed Boundaries
        that was signed at Honiara on 13 September 1988; and includes those
        agreements as varied from time to time;

"subordinate instrument" means:

   (a)  the regulations; and

   (b)  instruments made under this Act and the regulations.