ACTS INTERPRETATION ACT 1954 - SECT 47C
Extent of jurisdiction in relation to coastal waters
ACTS INTERPRETATION ACT 1954 - SECT 47C
Extent of jurisdiction in relation to coastal waters
47C Extent of jurisdiction in relation to coastal waters
(1) A person who has a function or power conferred on the person under a law
for the purposes of or in connection with a provision of the laws of the State
has and may perform the function for the purposes of or in connection with
that provision, as applying because of this part, as if the coastal waters of
the State, as extending from time to time, were within the limits of the
State.
(2) All courts of the State are invested with jurisdiction in all
matters arising under the provisions of the laws of the State, as applying
because of this part, as if the coastal waters of the State, as extending from
time to time, were within the limits of the State.
