Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SEAS AND SUBMERGED LANDS AMENDMENT ACT 1980 No. 79, 1980 - SECT 3

3. Section 16 of the Principal Act is amended-

(a) by inserting ", other than the Northern Territory," after "Territory" in
paragraph (a);

(b) by inserting "or of the Northern Territory" after "State" in paragraph
(b); and

   (c)  by adding at the end thereof the following sub-section:



"(2) A law of a State or of the Northern Territory shall not be taken to be
within the words of exception in paragraph (b) of sub-section (1)-

   (a)  by reason that the law makes provision with respect to, or touching or
        concerning, any sea-bed or subsoil that is declared by Division 1 to
        be within the sovereignty of the Crown in right of the Commonwealth,
        or the living or non-living resources of any such sea-bed or subsoil,
        if proprietary rights in respect of that sea-bed or subsoil have
        become vested in the Crown in right of the State or of the Northern
        Territory, as the case may be, by or under a law of the Commonwealth;
        or

   (b)  by reason that the law makes provision with respect to, or touching or
        concerning, any sea-bed or subsoil referred to in Division 1 or
        Division 2 but in respect of which paragraph (a) does not apply, or
        the living or non-living resources of any such sea-bed or subsoil, if
        the law is otherwise within powers with respect to particular matters
        that are conferred on the legislature of the State or of the Northern
        Territory, as the case may be, by the Coastal Waters (State Powers)
        Act 1980 or the Coastal Waters (Northern Territory Powers) Act 1980
        .".
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