Commonwealth Numbered Acts

OFFSHORE MINERALS ACT 1994 No. 28, 1994 - SECT 16

16.(1) The coastal waters of a State are so much of the area off the coast of
the State that is described in Schedule 2 to the Petroleum (Submerged Lands)
Act 1967 as is constituted by:

   (a)  the first 3 nautical miles of the Australian territorial sea from the
        baseline; and

   (b)  any waters that are inside the baseline and not within the limits of
        the State.

(2) The following diagram illustrates the coastal waters of a State:
Note: For the "baseline" see Australia's territorial sea baseline (AGPS) 1988:
generally the baseline is the lowest astronomical tide along the coast but it
also includes lines enclosing bays and indentations that are not bays and
straight baselines that depart from the coast.