Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

UNDERWATER CULTURAL HERITAGE ACT 2018 - SECT 12

    The coastal waters of a State or the Northern Territory are:

  (a)   the part or parts of the territorial sea that are:

  (i)   within 3 nautical miles of the baseline of the territorial sea; and

  (ii)   adjacent to the State or the Northern Territory; and

  (b)   the waters of the sea that are:

  (i)   on the landward side of the baseline of the territorial sea; and

  (ii)   adjacent to the State or the Northern Territory and not within the limits of the State or the Northern Territory; and

  (c)   the seabed and subsoil beneath any such sea.