(1) This Act applies in an area covered by subsection (2) in relation to the following:
(a) Australian nationals;
(b) Australian residents;
(c) the Commonwealth;
(d) Commonwealth bodies;
(e) Australian aircraft;
(f) Australian vessels;
(g) members of crews of Australian aircraft and Australian vessels (including persons in charge of Australian aircraft or Australian vessels).
(2) This subsection covers an area that:
(a) is outside the outer limits of the exclusive economic zone adjacent to Australia and is not on or in the continental shelf adjacent to Australia; and
(b) is not an external Territory, or the exclusive economic zone adjacent to an external Territory, or on or in the continental shelf adjacent to an external Territory.