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What is a Commonwealth marine area?

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Volume 1Chapter 1, Part 1 to Chapter 5, Part 13, Division 4 (sections 1 to 266)
Chapter 2Protecting the environment
Part 3Requirements for environmental approvals
Division 1Requirements relating to matters of national environmental significance
Subdivision FMarine environment

24 What is a Commonwealth marine area?

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.

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