Adjacent areas
2 Adjacent areas
The adjacent area for New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia or Tasmania is so much of the area described in Schedule 1 to the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 of the Commonwealth in relation to that State as is within the outer limits of the continental shelf and includes the space above and below that area.
The adjacent area for Queensland is—
so much of the area described in Schedule 1 to the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 of the Commonwealth in relation to Queensland as is within the outer limits of the continental shelf, and
the Coral Sea area (within the meaning of section 8 (2) of the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 of the Commonwealth) other than the territorial sea within the Coral Sea area, and
the areas within the outer limits of the territorial sea adjacent to certain islands of Queensland as determined by proclamation on 9 February 1983 under section 7 of the Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973 of the Commonwealth, and
the space above and below the areas described in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c).
The adjacent area for Western Australia is so much of the area described in Schedule 1 to the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 of the Commonwealth in relation to Western Australia as—
is within the outer limits of the continental shelf, and
is not within the Joint Petroleum Development Area,
and includes the space above and below that area.
The adjacent area for the Northern Territory is—
so much of the area described in Schedule 1 to the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 of the Commonwealth in relation to the Northern Territory as—
is within the outer limits of the continental shelf, and
is not within the Joint Petroleum Development Area, and
the offshore area for the Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands (within the meaning of section 8 (1) of the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 of the Commonwealth) other than the territorial sea within that area, and
the space above and below the areas described in paragraphs (a) and (b).
However, the adjacent area for a State does not include any area inside the limits of any State or Territory.
A reference in this clause to the area described in Schedule 1 to the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 of the Commonwealth in relation to a State or Territory is a reference to the scheduled area for that State or Territory within the meaning given by that Schedule.
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