Commonwealth Numbered Acts

TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT 1997 No. 47 of 1997 - SECT 11

(1) This Act applies in relation to the adjacent areas of:

   (a)  each of the States; and

   (b)  each of the eligible Territories; as if references in this Act to
        Australia included references to those adjacent areas. This subsection
        has effect subject to subsection (2).

(2) The application of this Act in accordance with subsection (1) in relation
to an adjacent area extends only in relation to acts, matters and things
touching, concerning, arising out of or connected with:

   (a)  the exploration of the continental shelf of Australia; or

   (b)  the exploitation of the resources of the continental shelf of
        Australia.

(3) The application of this Act in accordance with subsection (1) in relation
to an adjacent area extends in relation to all acts done by or in relation to,
and all matters, circumstances and things affecting, any person who is in the
adjacent area for a reason touching, concerning, arising out of or connected
with:

   (a)  the exploration of the continental shelf of Australia; or

   (b)  the exploitation of the resources of the continental shelf of
        Australia.

(4) Subsection (3) does not, by implication, limit subsection (2).

(5) In this section:
adjacent area, in relation to a State or Territory, has the same meaning as in
the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967.
continental shelf has the same meaning as in the Seas and Submerged 
Lands Act 1973.