Application of Act to areas outside the AFZ
8 Application of Act to areas outside the AFZ
The regulations may provide that, in respect of specified areas outside the AFZ, or in respect of the high seas generally, this Act applies to:
Australian citizens; and
bodies corporate that are incorporated in Australia or carry on activities mainly in Australia; and
Australian boats and Australian‑flagged boats that are not Australian boats; and
persons on board boats to which paragraph (c) applies.
The Act so applies subject to any exceptions or modifications specified in the regulations.
When a provision of this Act applies in relation to such an area, then, subject to the regulations, references in that provision to the AFZ are to be read as references to that area.
This section does not limit the extra‑territorial operation of this Act.
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