Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ACT 1999 - SECT 24

    Each of the following is a Commonwealth marine area :

  (a)   any waters of the sea inside the seaward boundary of the exclusive economic zone, except:

  (i)   waters, rights in respect of which have been vested in a State by section   4 of the Coastal Waters (State Title) Act 1980 or in the Northern Territory by section   4 of the Coastal Waters (Northern Territory Title) Act 1980 ; and

  (ii)   waters within the limits of a State or the Northern Territory;

  (b)   the seabed under waters covered by paragraph   (a);

  (c)   airspace over waters covered by paragraph   (a);

  (d)   any waters over the continental shelf, except:

  (i)   waters, rights in respect of which have been vested in a State by section   4 of the Coastal Waters (State Title) Act 1980 or in the Northern Territory by section   4 of the Coastal Waters (Northern Territory Title) Act 1980 ; and

  (ii)   waters within the limits of a State or the Northern Territory; and

  (iii)   waters covered by paragraph   (a);

  (e)   any seabed under waters covered by paragraph   (d);

  (f)   any airspace over waters covered by paragraph   (d);

  (g)   any other area of sea or seabed that is included in a Commonwealth reserve.