Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The coastal waters of a State are so much of the area off the coast of the State that is described in Schedule 1 to the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 as is constituted by:
(a) the first 3 nautical miles of the Australian territorial sea from the baseline; and
(b) any waters that are inside the baseline and not within the limits of the State.
(2) The following diagram illustrates the coastal waters of a State:
Note: For the baseline see Australia's territorial sea baseline (AGPS) 1988: generally the baseline is the lowest astronomical tide along the coast but it also includes lines enclosing bays and indentations that are not bays and straight baselines that depart from the coast.