Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

SEAS AND SUBMERGED LANDS ACT 1973

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title
           Preamble

   PART I--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Short title  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Interpretation  
   4.      Extension to Territories  

   PART II--SOVEREIGNTY--, SOVEREIGN RIGHTS AND RIGHTS OF CONTROL

           Division 1--The territorial sea

   5.      Interpretation  
   6.      Sovereignty in respect of territorial sea  
   7.      Limits of territorial sea  
   8.      Declaration of historic bays and historic waters  
   9.      Charts of limits of territorial sea  
   10.     Sovereignty in respect of internal waters  

           Division 1A--The exclusive economic zone

   10A.    Sovereign rights in respect of exclusive economic zone  
   10B.    Limits of exclusive economic zone  
   10C.    Charts of limits of exclusive economic zone  

           Division 2--The continental shelf

   11.     Sovereign rights in respect of continental shelf  
   12.     Limits of continental shelf  
   13.     Charts of limits of continental shelf  

           Division 2AA--Greater Sunrise special regime area

   13AA.   Joint exercise of rights in Greater Sunrise special regime area  
   13AB.   Operation of Commonwealth law in relation to Greater Sunrise special regime area  
   13AC.   Cessation of effect of this Division  

           Division 2A--The contiguous zone

   13A.    Rights of control in respect of contiguous zone  
   13B.    Limits of contiguous zone  
   13C.    Charts of limits of contiguous zone  

           Division 3--Savings

   14.     Part II does not affect waters etc. within State limits  
   15.     Certain property not vested in Commonwealth  
   16.     Saving of other laws  
           SCHEDULE 1 Parts II, V and VI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
           SCHEDULE 2 Greater Sunrise special regime area