Extraterritorial application

In force

This Act extends to acts, omissions, matters and things outside:

(a)

Australia and any external Territory to which a provision of this Act extends; and

(b)

the airspace over an area covered by paragraph (a); and

(c)

the coastal sea (as defined in subsection 15B(4) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901) of Australia and of any external Territory to which a provision of this Act extends.

Note:

Under section 4:

(a)

all provisions of this Act extend to the Territory of Christmas Island and the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands; and

(b)

a regulation may extend any or all provisions of this Act to one or more other external Territories.

This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandum Second reading speech

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