Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts1 Definitions
In this Schedule:
"continental shelf", see the Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973 (Cth).
"Joint Petroleum Development Area", see the Petroleum (Timor Sea Treaty) Act 2003 (Cth).
"territorial sea", see the Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973 (Cth).
2 Adjacent areas
(1) The adjacent area for New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia or Tasmania is so much of the scheduled area described in Schedule 1 to the Offshore Petroleum Act 2006 (Cth) in relation to that State as is within the outer limits of the continental shelf and includes the space above and below that area.
(2) The adjacent area for Queensland is:
(a) so much of the scheduled area described in Schedule 1 to the Offshore Petroleum Act 2006 (Cth) in relation to Queensland as is within the outer limits of the continental shelf; and
(b) the Coral Sea area (within the meaning of section 7(2) of the Petroleum Act 2006 (Cth)) other than the territorial sea within the Coral Sea area; and
(c) the areas within the outer limits of the territorial sea adjacent to certain islands of Queensland as determined by proclamation on 9 February 1983 under section 7 of the Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973 (Cth); and
(d) the space above and below the areas described in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c).
(3) The adjacent area for Western Australia is so much of the scheduled area described in Schedule 1 to the Offshore Petroleum Act 2006 (Cth) in relation to Western Australia as:
(a) is within the outer limits of the continental shelf; and
(b) is not within the Joint Petroleum Development Area;
and includes the space above and below that area.
(4) The adjacent area for the Northern Territory is:
(a) so much of the scheduled area described in Schedule 1 to the Offshore Petroleum Act 2006 (Cth) in relation to the Northern Territory as:
(i) is within the outer limits of the continental shelf; and
(ii) is not within the Joint Petroleum Development Area; and
(b) the offshore area for the Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands (within the meaning of section 7(1) of the Offshore Petroleum Act 2006 (Cth)) other than the territorial sea within that area; and
(c) the space above and below the areas described in paragraphs (a) and (b).
(5) However, the adjacent area for a State or Territory does not include any area inside the limits of any State or Territory.