Continental Shelf (Living Natural Resources) Regulations (Cth)
CONTINENTAL SHELF (LIVING NATURAL RESOURCES) REGULATIONS
- Reprinted as at 31 March 1981 (HISTREG CHAP 210 #DATE 31:03:1981)
- Reprinted as at 31 March 1981 (HISTREG CHAP 210 #DATE 31:03:1981)
*1* The Continental Shelf (Living Natural Resources) Regulations (in force under the Continental Shelf (Living Natural Resources) Act 1968) as shown in this
Rules specified in the following table:
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Application, saving Year and Date of
notification Date of or transitional
number in Gazette commencement provisions
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1970 No. 47 9 Apr 1970 15 Apr 1970 (see
r. 2 and Gazette
1970, p. 1499)
1972 No. 11 3 Feb 1972 3 Feb 1972 -
1974 No. 213 19 Nov 1974 19 Nov 1974 -
214 19 Nov 1974 19 Nov 1974 -
1975 No. 70 29 Apr 1975 Rr. 1 and 2: 1 Jan
1975 Remainder: 29
Apr 1975 -
1980 No. 337 27 Nov 1980 1 Dec 1980 -
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CONTINENTAL SHELF (LIVING NATURAL RESOURCES) REGULATIONS - TABLE OF
PROVISIONSTABLE
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Regulation
1. Citation
2. Commencement
3. Interpretation
4. Application for licence
5. Lost or destroyed licences
6. Defaced licences
7. Short methods of reference to areas of continental shelf (First
Schedule)
8. Signals and Rules of Navigation
9. Methods of marking a ship in respect of which a licence is in force
10. Certain provisions of regulation 9 not to apply to ships licensed
under State or Territory law
11. Unclaimed equipment for use in searching for, or taking, sedentary
organisms found in controlled areas
12. Furnishing of statistics
13. Fees
FIRST SCHEDULE
Short Methods of reference to Areas of Australian Continental Shelf or of
Continental Shelf of a Territory
SECOND SCHEDULE
Fees
CONTINENTAL SHELF (LIVING NATURAL RESOURCES) REGULATIONS - SECT. 1.
Citation
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Continental Shelf (Living Natural Resources) Regulations.*1*
See notes to first article of this Chapter.
CONTINENTAL SHELF (LIVING NATURAL RESOURCES) REGULATIONS - SECT. 2.
Commencement
2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the date fixed under section 2 of the Act.*1*
See notes to first article of this Chapter.
CONTINENTAL SHELF (LIVING NATURAL RESOURCES) REGULATIONS - SECT. 3.
Interpretation
3. In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears-
"approved form" means a form approved by the appropriate Minister;
"licensing authority" means a person or authority authorized by or under the Act to grant licences under section 13 of the Act;
"the Act" means the Continental Shelf (Living Natural Resources) Act 1968;
"the Navigation (Collision) Regulations" means the Navigation (Collision) Regulations in force from time to time under the Navigation Act 1912-1968.
CONTINENTAL SHELF (LIVING NATURAL RESOURCES) REGULATIONS - SECT. 4.
Application for licence
4. (1) An application for-
(a) the grant of a licence under section 13 of the Act; or
(b) the transfer, under sub-section (7) of section 13 of the Act, of a licence in respect of a ship,
shall be deemed not to have been duly made to a licensing authority unless it is accompanied by the fee payable in respect of the grant of the licence or the transfer of the licence, as the case may be.
(2) An application for the grant of a licence under paragraph (a) or (b) of sub-section (4) of section 13 of the Act to or in respect of a diver or trial diver shall be deemed not to have been duly made to a licensing authority unless the applicant furnishes to the licensing authority a certificate signed, not earlier than thirty days before the date of application, by a medical practitioner certifying that the diver or trial diver, as the case may be, is not, in the opinion of the medical practitioner, suffering from a disease, complaint or infirmity likely to render the occupation of diving specially dangerous to the diver or trial diver.
(3) In the last preceding regulation, "medical practitioner" means a person who is registered or licensed as a medical practitioner under a law of a state or Territory that provides for the registration or licensing of medical practitioners.
CONTINENTAL SHELF (LIVING NATURAL RESOURCES) REGULATIONS - SECT. 5.
Lost or destroyed licences
5. (1) Where a licence granted under section 13 of the Act (in this regulation referred to as "the original licence ") has been lost or destroyed, the holder of the licence may apply in writing to a licensing authority for the issue to him of a duplicate licence.
(2) If the licensing authority is satisfied that-
(a) the original licence has been lost or destroyed; and
(b) improper use has not been, or is not being, made of the original licence by, or with the consent of, the applicant,
he may, upon payment of the prescribed fee, issue a duplicate licence to the applicant.
(3) A duplicate licence issued under this regulation has the same effect as the original licence.
(4) A person shall not, in or in relation to an application under this regulation, make a statement or furnish information that is false or misleading in any particular.
Penalty: Two hundred dollars.
CONTINENTAL SHELF (LIVING NATURAL RESOURCES) REGULATIONS - SECT. 6.
Defaced licences
6. (1) Where a licence granted under section 13 of the Act (in this regulation referred to as "the original licence ") has been defaced, a licensing authority may-
(a) upon application in writing accompanied by the original licence; and
(b) upon payment of the prescribed fee,
issue a duplicate licence to the holder of the original licence.
(2) A duplicate licence issued under this regulation has the same effect as the original licence.
CONTINENTAL SHELF (LIVING NATURAL RESOURCES) REGULATIONS - SECT. 7.
Short methods of reference to areas of continental shelf (First Schedule)
7. (1) Such areas of the Australian Continental Shelf or of the Continental Shelf of a Territory as are described in full in the second column of the First Schedule to these Regulations may be referred to by the short descriptions respectively specified in the first column of that Schedule.
(2) The short descriptions referred to in the last preceding sub-regulation may be used, for the purpose of referring to the respective areas described in the second column of the First Schedule to these Regulations, in-
(a) a notice under section 11 or 12 of the Act;
(b) a licence under section 13 of the Act;
(c) a permit under section 23 of the Act; and
(d) an application for such a licence or permit.
CONTINENTAL SHELF (LIVING NATURAL RESOURCES) REGULATIONS - SECT. 8.
Signals and Rules of NavigationSub-reg. (1) amended by 1974 No. 213 r. 1
8. (1) This regulation applies to a ship, that is being used by a person, in an area of the Australian continental shelf, or an area of the continental shelf of a Territory, that is a controlled area in relation to sedentary organisms of any kind, in searching for or taking sedentary organisms of that kind as authorized by a licence granted to him, or to a person on whose behalf he is acting, under sub-section (2) of section 13 of the Act.
Amended by 1974 No. 213 r. 1
(2) The signals and rules of navigation prescribed by the Navigation (Collision) Regulations and by this regulation shall be observed by the person in charge of a ship to which this regulation applies.
Substituted by 1974 No. 213 r. 1
(3) The person in charge of a ship to which this regulation applies from which diving operations are being conducted shall keep at hand the code flag A of the International Code, which he shall, on the approach of another ship, cause to be displayed in a prominent position on his ship.
Amended by 1974 No. 213 r. 1
(4) The person in charge of a ship under way shall give a wide berth to a ship displaying the code flag A of the International Code in the manner referred to in the last preceding sub-regulation.
(5) Nothing in the last two preceding sub-regulations shall be taken to confer on a person a right to cause or permit a ship to which this regulation applies to obstruct a fairway used by ships other than ships to which this regulation applies.
Amended by 1974 No. 213 r. 1
(6) The person in charge of a ship to which this regulation applies shall not-
(a) contravene or fail to comply with a rule of navigation prescribed by the Navigation (Collision) Regulations or by this regulation;
(b) fail to exhibit, display or use a light or signal required by the Navigation (Collision) Regulations or by this regulation to be exhibited, displayed or used; or
(c) exhibit, display or use a light or signal other than that prescribed by the Navigation (Collision) Regulations or by this regulation.
Penalty: Two hundred dollars.
(7) The imposition of a penalty under this regulation does not relieve a person from civil liability for any damage occasioned by his failure to observe a signal or rule of navigation required by this regulation to be observed.
CONTINENTAL SHELF (LIVING NATURAL RESOURCES) REGULATIONS - SECT. 9.
Methods of marking a ship in respect of which a licence is in force
9. (1) Where a licensing authority grants a licence authorizing the use of a ship in searching for and taking sedentary organisms, he shall assign to the ship a distinguishing letter and number.
(2) Where-
(a) a ship, in respect of which a licence under sub-section (2) of section 13 of the Act is in force- (i) is being, or has been, since the grant of the licence, used in searching for and taking sedentary organisms; and
(ii) does not bear the distinguishing letter and number, assigned to it under the last preceding sub-regulation, conspicuously and legibly painted on each bow, above the water line and in dark letters and figures on a light ground, or in light letters and figures on a dark ground, each letter and figure being not less than twelve inches in depth;
(b) a ship in respect of which such a licence has been granted has ceased to be so licensed and the distinguishing letter and number assigned to it under the last preceding sub-regulation has not been completely obliterated or removed; or
(c) a ship that is being used in searching for and taking sedentary organisms in a controlled area has painted or displayed upon its bow a letter or number other than-
(i) the letter and number assigned to it in pursuance of this regulation or under a law of a State or a Territory; or
(ii) a letter or number assigned to it under a law of another country,
the master and the owner of the ship are each guilty of an offence against this regulation punishable, upon conviction, by a fine not exceeding Two hundred dollars.
CONTINENTAL SHELF (LIVING NATURAL RESOURCES) REGULATIONS - SECT. 10.
Certain provisions of regulation 9 not to apply to ships licensed under State
or Territory law
10. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of sub-regulation (2) of the last preceding regulation do not apply to, or in relation to, a ship that-
(a) is licensed, under the law of a State or a Territory, to be used in searching for and taking sedentary organisms; and
(b) has painted or displayed on it an identification letter and number in accordance with that law.
CONTINENTAL SHELF (LIVING NATURAL RESOURCES) REGULATIONS - SECT. 11.
Unclaimed equipment for use in searching for, or taking, sedentary organisms
found in controlled areas
11. (1) Where an officer-
(a) finds, in a controlled area, equipment for use in searching for, or taking, sedentary organisms; and
(b) does not know the identity of the owner of the equipment,
he shall keep the equipment in safe custody for a period of thirty days.
(2) Where, at the expiration of the period referred to in the last preceding sub-regulation, a person has not claimed, and established that he is the owner of, the equipment, the officer shall cause to be inserted once in one or more newspapers circulating in the locality of the port nearest to which the equipment was found or, if there is not such a newspaper, in such a newspaper as the appropriate Secretary directs, a notice describing the equipment and the approximate locality in which it was found and stating that if the equipment is not claimed, and the ownership of the claimant established, within a period of fourteen days from the date of the publication of the notice, the equipment will be sold by public auction.
(3) After the expiration of the period specified in the notice, an officer may, if the equipment has not been claimed and the ownership of the claimant established, sell the equipment by public auction.
(4) An officer may conduct an auction sale under this regulation without holding an auctioneer's licence under the law of the State in which the auction sale is conducted.
(5) The proceeds of a sale of equipment under this regulation shall be paid into the Consolidated Revenue Fund.
(6) For the purposes of a sale of equipment in pursuance of this regulation, the Commonwealth shall be deemed to be the absolute owner of the equipment.
(7) Equipment submitted for sale at an auction sale held in pursuance of this regulation but not sold may be disposed of in such manner as the appropriate Minister directs.
(8) An action does not lie against the Commonwealth or a person, including a purchaser of the equipment, by reason of the sale or other disposal of equipment in pursuance of this regulation.
CONTINENTAL SHELF (LIVING NATURAL RESOURCES) REGULATIONS - SECT. 12.
Furnishing of statisticsSub-reg. (1) amended by 1972 No. 11 r. 1
12. (1) The holder of a licence under sub-section (1) of section 13 of the Act to search for and take sedentary organisms of a kind specified in this regulation shall-
(a) not later than the seventh day of February in each year, furnish to a licensing authority at the place where the licence was granted a return, in accordance with an approved form, showing the particulars indicated on the form concerning-
(i) the weight, value and number of pieces of pearl shell, trochus, b'eche-de-mer and green snail taken in a controlled area;
(ii) the value of pearls, if any, taken in a controlled area; and
(iii) the average number of persons employed by him both on ships lawfully engaged in searching for and taking, in a controlled area, pearl shell, trochus, b'eche-de-mer and green snail and at places on land in Australia or the Territories in connexion with the preparation for disposal of those sedentary organisms,
during the twelve months ended on the last preceding thirty-first day of January; and
(b) not later than the seventh day of each month, furnish to a licensing authority at the place where the licence was granted a return, in accordance with an approved form, showing the particulars indicated on the form concerning the weight of pearl shell, trochus, beche-de-mer and green snail, respectively, taken, in a controlled area, during the preceding month, by each ship in respect of which he is the holder of a licence under sub-section (2) of section 13 of the Act.
(2) A person shall not furnish information under this regulation that is false or misleading in any particular.
Penalty: Two hundred dollars.
CONTINENTAL SHELF (LIVING NATURAL RESOURCES) REGULATIONS - SECT. 13.
FeesSub-reg. (1) substituted by 1980 No. 337 r. 2
13. (1) The fee specified in column 3 of the Second Schedule in an item in the Schedule is payable in respect of the matter specified in column 2 of the Schedule in that item.
Amended by 1972 No. 11 r. 2; 1974 No. 214 r. 1; 1975 No. 70 r. 1
(2) For the purposes of the Second Schedule to these Regulations, the overall length of a ship is the length of an imaginary straight line following the centre of the main deck of the ship from the fore side of the stem of the ship to the aft side of the stern.
Sub-reg. (3) omitted by 1975 No. 70 r. 1
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First Schedule amended by 1974 No. 213 r. 2
CONTINENTAL SHELF (LIVING NATURAL RESOURCES) REGULATIONS - SCHEDULE 1 SCH
SCHEDULE 1
Regulation 7
SHORT METHODS OF REFERENCE TO AREAS OF AUSTRALIAN CONTINENTAL SHELF OR OF CONTINENTAL SHELF OF A TERRITORY
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First Column Second Column
Short Description Full Description
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Division The area of continental shelf beneath the area of waters
bounded by a line commencing at a point that is the
intersection of the coastline at mean low water by the
geodesic between the trigonometrical station known as Point
Danger near Point Danger and a point of Latitude 27
degrees 58'
South, Longitude 154 degrees
East and running thence north-easterly
along that geodesic to the lastmentioned point, thence
north-easterly along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 27
degrees
48' South, Longitude 154 degrees
22' East, thence easterly along the
geodesic to a point of Latitude 27 degrees
30' 35" South, Longitude
160 degrees
East, thence southerly along the meridian of Longitude
160 degrees
East to its intersection by the parallel of Latitude 39
degrees
12' South, thence south-westerly along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 40 degrees
40' South, Longitude 158 degrees
53' East, thence
north-westerly along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 37
degrees
35' South, Longitude 150 degrees
10' East, thence north-westerly
along the geodesic to the intersection of the coastline at
mean low water by the boundary between the States of New South Wales and Victoria, thence along the coastline of the State of New South Wales at mean low water to the point of
commencement.
Victoria Division The area of continental shelf beneath the area of waters
bounded by a line commencing at a point that is the
intersection of the coastline at mean low water by the
boundary between the States of New South Wales and Victoria
and running thence south-easterly along the geodesic to a
point of Latitude 37 degrees
35' South, Longitude 150 degrees 10' East,
thence south-easterly along the geodesic to a point of
Latitude 40 degrees
40' South, Longitude 158 degrees 53' East, thence
south-westerly along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 41
degrees
30' South, Longitude 158 degrees
13' East, thence north-westerly
along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 39 degrees
12' South,
Longitude 150 degrees
East, thence westerly along the parallel of
Latitude 39 degrees
12' South to its intersection by the meridian of
Longitude 142 degrees
30' East, thence south-westerly along the
geodesic to a point of Latitude 39 degrees
50' South, Longitude 142 degrees
East, thence south-westerly along the geodesic to a point of
Latitude 44 degrees
South, Longitude 136 degrees 29' East, thence
north-easterly along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 38
degrees
40' 48" South, Longitude 140 degrees
40' 44" East, thence
north-easterly along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 38
degrees
35' 30" South, Longitude 140 degrees
44' 37" East, thence
north-easterly along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 38
degrees
26' South, Longitude 140 degrees
53' East, thence north-easterly
along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 38 degrees
15' South,
Longitude 140 degrees
57' East, thence north-easterly along the
geodesic to a point that is the intersection of the parallel
of Latitude 38 degrees
10' South by the meridian passing through the
intersection of the coastline at mean low water by the
boundary between the States of South Australia and Victoria,
thence northerly along that meridian to its intersection by
the coastline at mean low water, thence along the coastline of the State of Victoria at mean low water to the point of
commencement.
Queensland
Division The area of continental shelf beneath the area of waters
bounded by a line commencing at a point that is the
intersection of the coastline at mean low water by the
boundary between the Northern Territory of Australia and the
State of Queensland and runs thence north-easterly along the
geodesic to a point of Latitude 15 degrees
55' South, Longitude 138 degrees
30' East, thence northerly along the meridian of Longitude
138 degrees
30' East to its intersection by the parallel of Latitude
14 degrees
30' South, thence easterly along that parallel to its
intersection by the meridian of Longitude 139 degrees
15' East,
thence northerly along that meridian to its intersection by
the parallel of Latitude 11 degrees
South, thence north-westerly
along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 10 degrees
51' South,
Longitude 139 degrees
12' 30" East, thence north-westerly along the
geodesic to a point of Latitude 10 degrees
50' South, Longitude 139 degrees
12' East, thence north-easterly along the rhumb line to a
point of Latitude 10 degrees
24' South, Longitude 139 degrees
46' East,
thence north-easterly along the rhumb line to a point of
Latitude 9 degrees
52' South, Longitude 140 degrees
29' East, thence
south-easterly along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 9
degrees
52' 30" South, Longitude 140 degrees
30' 30" East, thence
north-easterly along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 9
degrees
38' South, Longitude 141 degrees
East, thence north-easterly along
the geodesic to a point of Latitude 9 degrees
30' South, Longitude
141 degrees
35' 30" East, thence north-easterly along the geodesic to
a point of Latitude -9 degrees
10' 45" South, Longitude 142 degrees
00' 15"
East, thence easterly along the parallel of Latitude 9 degrees 10'
45" South to its intersection by the meridian of Longitude
142 degrees
04' 45" East, thence south-easterly along the geodesic to
a point of Latitude 9 degrees
11' 45" South, Longitude 142 degrees
09' East,
north-easterly along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 9
degrees
10' 30" South, Longitude 142 degrees
16' East, thence south-easterly
along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 9 degrees
11' 45" South,
Longitude 142 degrees
18' 30" East, thence south-easterly along the
geodesic to a point of Latitude 9 degrees
14' 45" South, Longitude
142 degrees
21' 30" East, thence south-easterly along the geodesic to
a point of Latitude 9 degrees
21' 30" South, Longitude 142 degrees
33' 15"
East, thence north-easterly along the geodesic to a point of
Latitude 9 degrees
08' 15" South, Longitude 143 degrees
52' 15" East, thence
south-easterly along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 9
degrees
24' 30" South, Longitude 144 degrees
13' 45" East, thence
north-easterly along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 9
degrees
South, Longitude 144 degrees
45' East, thence easterly along the
parallel of Latitude 9 degrees
South to its intersection by the
meridian of Longitude 145 degrees
13' East, thence south-easterly
along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 9 degrees
15' South,
Longitude 145 degrees
20' East, thence south-easterly along the
geodesic to a point of Latitude 10 degrees
45' South, Longitude 145 degrees
40' East, thence south-easterly along the geodesic to a point
of Latitude 12 degrees
10' South, Longitude 146 degrees
25' East, thence
south-easterly along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 12
degrees
50' South, Longitude 147 degrees
40' East, thence southerly along the
meridian of Longitude 147 degrees
40' East to its intersection by the
parallel of Latitude 14 degrees
South, thence westerly along that
parallel to its intersection by the meridian of Longitude 146
degrees
55' East, thence southerly along that meridian to its
intersection by the parallel of Latitude 17 degrees
05' South, thence
easterly along that parallel to its intersection by the
meridian of Longitude
147 degrees 45' East, thence southerly along
that meridian to its intersection by the parallel of Latitude
18 degrees
30' South, thence easterly along that parallel to its
intersection by the meridian of Longitude 150 degrees
50' East,
thence southerly along that meridian to its intersection by
the parallel of Latitude 20 degrees
South, thence easterly along that
parallel to its intersection by the meridian of Longitude 151
degrees
30' East, thence southerly along that meridian to its
intersection by the parallel of Latitude 20 degrees
25' South, thence
easterly along that parallel to its intersection by the
meridian of Longitude 153 degrees
05' East, thence southerly along
that meridian to its intersection by the parallel of Latitude
22 degrees
50' South, thence easterly along that parallel to its
intersection by the meridian of Longitude 153 degrees
40' East,
thence southerly along that meridian to its intersection by
the parallel of Latitude 23 degrees
15' South, thence easterly along
that parallel to its intersection by the meridian of Longitude 154 degrees
East, thence southerly along that meridian to its
intersection by the parallel of Latitude 23 degrees
50' South, thence
easterly along that parallel to its intersection by the
meridian of Longitude 155 degrees
15' East, thence southerly along
that meridian to its intersection by the parallel of Latitude
25 degrees
South, thence easterly along that parallel to its
intersection by the meridian of Longitude 158 degrees
35' East,
thence south-easterly along the geodesic to a point of
Latitude 27 degrees
30' 35" South, Longitude 160 degrees
East, thence
westerly along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 27 degrees
48'
South, Longitude 154 degrees
22' East, thence south-westerly along
the geodesic to a point of Latitude 27 degrees
58' South, Longitude
154 degrees
East, thence south-westerly along the geodesic between
the last-mentioned point and the trigonometrical station known as Point Danger near Point Danger to its intersection by the
coastline at mean low water, thence along the coastline of the State of Queensland at mean low water to the point of
commencement.
South Australia
Division The area of continental shelf beneath the area of waters
bounded by a line commencing at a point that is the
intersection of the coastline at mean low water by the
boundary between the States of South Australia and Victoria
and running thence southerly along the meridian through that
point to its intersection by the parallel of Latitude 38
degrees
10'
South, thence south-westerly along the geodesic to a point of
Latitude 38 degrees
15' South, Longitude 140 degrees 57' East, thence
south-westerly along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 38
degrees
26' South, Longitude 140 degrees
53' East, thence south-westerly
along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 38 degrees
35' 30" South,
Longitude 140 degrees
44' 37" East, thence south-westerly along the
geodesic to a point of Latitude 38 degrees
40' 48" South, Longitude
140 degrees
40' 44" East, thence south-westerly along the geodesic to
a point of Latitude 44 degrees
South, Longitude 136 degrees
29' East, thence
westerly along the parallel of Latitude 44 degrees
South to its
intersection by the meridian of Longitude 129 degrees
East, thence
northerly along that meridian to its intersection by the
parallel of Latitude 31 degrees
45' South, thence northerly along the
geodesic to the intersection of the coastline at mean low
water by the boundary between the States of South Australia
and Western Australia, thence along the coastline of the State of South Australia at mean low water to the point of
commencement.
Western Australia
Division The area of continental shelf beneath the area of waters
bounded by a line commencing at a point that is the
intersection of the coastline at mean low water by the
boundary between the States of South Australia and Western
Australia and running thence southerly along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 31 degrees
45' South, Longitude 129 degrees
East, thence
southerly along the meridian of Longitude 129 degrees
East to its
intersection by the parallel of Latitude 44 degrees
South, thence
westerly along that parallel to its intersection by the
meridian of Longitude 110 degrees
East, thence northerly along that
meridian to its intersection by the parallel of Latitude 17
degrees
South, thence north-easterly along the geodesic to a point of
Latitude 12 degrees
24' South, Longitude 121 degrees
24' East, thence
south-easterly along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 12
degrees
56' South, Longitude 122 degrees
06' East, thence south-easterly
along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 13 degrees
20' South,
Longitude 122 degrees
41' East, thence easterly along the geodesic to
a point of Latitude 13 degrees
19' 30" South, Longitude 123 degrees
16' 45"
East, thence easterly along the parallel of Latitude 13
degrees
19'
30" South to its intersection by the meridian of Longitude
124 degrees
27' 45" East, thence north-easterly along the geodesic to
a point of Latitude 13 degrees
13' 15" South, Longitude 124 degrees
36' 15"
East, thence north-easterly along the geodesic to a point of
Latitude 12 degrees
46' 15" South, Longitude 124 degrees
55' 30" East,
thence north-easterly along the geodesic to a point of
Latitude 11 degrees
51' South, Longitude 125 degrees
27' 45" East, thence
north-easterly along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 11
degrees
44' 30" South, Longitude 125 degrees
31' 30" East, thence
north-easterly along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 10
degrees
21' 30" South, Longitude 126 degrees
10' 30" East, thence
north-easterly along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 10
degrees
13' South, Longitude 126 degrees
26' 30" East, thence north-easterly
along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 10 degrees
05' South,
Longitude 126 degrees
47' 30" East, thence south-easterly along the
geodesic to a point of Latitude 11 degrees
13' 15" South, Longitude
127 degrees
32' East, thence south-easterly along the geodesic to a
point of Latitude 11 degrees
48' South, Longitude 127 degrees
53' 45" East,
thence south-easterly along the geodesic to a point of
Latitude 12 degrees
26' 30" South, Longitude 128 degrees
22' East, thence
south-easterly along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 12
degrees
32' 45" South, Longitude 128 degrees
24' East, thence south-easterly
along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 12 degrees
55' 30" South,
Longitude 128 degrees
28' East, thence southerly along the meridian
of Longitude 128 degrees
28' East to its intersection by the parallel
of Latitude 13 degrees
15' 30" South, thence south-easterly along the
geodesic to a point of Latitude 13 degrees
39' 45" South, Longitude
128 degrees
30' 45" East, thence south-easterly along the geodesic to
a point of Latitude 13 degrees
49' 45" South, Longitude 128 degrees
33' 15"
East, thence south-easterly along the geodesic to a point of
Latitude 14 degrees
South, Longitude 128 degrees
42' 15" East, thence
south-easterly along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 14
degrees
19' 30" South, Longitude 128 degrees
53' East, thence south-easterly
along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 14 degrees
32' 30" South,
Longitude 129 degrees
01' 15" East, thence southerly along the
geodesic to a point of Latitude 14 degrees
37' 30" South, Longitude
129 degrees
01' 45" East, thence southerly along the geodesic to the
intersection of the coastline at mean low water by the
boundary between the Northern Territory of Australia and the
State of Western Australia, thence along the coastline of the
State of Western Australia at mean low water to the point of
commencement.
Tasmania Division The area of continental shelf beneath the area of waters
bounded by a line commencing at a point of Latitude 39 degrees 12'
South, Longitude 142 degrees
30' East and running thence easterly
along the parallel of Latitude 39 degrees
12' South to its
intersection by the meridian of Longitude 150 degrees
East, thence
south-easterly along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 41
degrees
30' South, Longitude 158 degrees
13' East, thence south-westerly
along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 45 degrees
South, Longitude
150 degrees
East, thence south-easterly along the geodesic to a point
of Latitude 56 degrees
South, Longitude 165 degrees
East, thence westerly
along the parallel of Latitude 56 degrees
South to its intersection
by the meridian of Longitude 155 degrees
East, thence north-westerly
along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 45 degrees
South, Longitude
140 degrees
East, thence north-westerly along the geodesic to a point
of Latitude 44 degrees
South, Longitude 136 degrees
29' East, thence
north-easterly along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 39
degrees
50' South, Longitude 142 degrees
East, thence north-easterly along
the geodesic to the point of commencement.
Northern Territory
Division The area of continental shelf beneath the area of waters
bounded by a line commencing at a point that is the
intersection of the coastline at mean low water by the
boundary between the Northern Territory of Australia and the
State of Western Australia and runs thence northerly along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 14 degrees
37' 30" South, Longitude
129 degrees
01' 45" East, thence northerly along the geodesic to a
point of Latitude 14 degrees
32' 30" South, Longitude 129 degrees
01' 15"
East, thence north-westerly along the geodesic to a point of
Latitude 14 degrees
19' 30" South, Longitude 128 degrees
53' East, thence
north-westerly, along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 14
degrees
South, Longitude 128 degrees
42' 15" East, thence north-westerly
along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 13 degrees
49' 45" South,
Longitude 128 degrees
33' 15" East, thence north-westerly along the
geodesic to a point of Latitude 13 degrees
39' 45" South, Longitude
128 degrees
30' 45" East, thence north-westerly along the geodesic to
a point of Latitude 13 degrees
15' 30" South, Longitude 128 degrees
28'
East, thence northerly along the meridian of Longitude 128
degrees
28' East to its intersection by the parallel of Latitude 12
degrees
55' 30" South, thence north-westerly along the geodesic to a
point of Latitude 12 degrees
32' 45" South, Longitude 128 degrees
24' East,
thence north-westerly along the geodesic to a point of
Latitude 12 degrees
26' 30" South, Longitude 128 degrees
22' East, thence
north-westerly along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 11
degrees
48' South, Longitude 127 degrees
53' 45" East, thence north-westerly
along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 11 degrees
13' 15" South,
Longitude 127 degrees
32' East, thence north-westerly along the
geodesic to a point of Latitude 10 degrees
05' South, Longitude 126 degrees
47' 30" East, thence north-easterly along the geodesic to a
point of Latitude 9 degrees
53' 45" South, Longitude 127 degrees
18' 30"
East, thence north-easterly along the geodesic to a point of
Latitude 9 degrees
28' South, Longitude 127 degrees
56' East, thence
north-easterly along the rhumb line to a point of Latitude 9
degrees
25' South, Longitude 128 degrees
East, thence easterly along the
rhumb line which is on the parallel of Latitude 9 degrees
25' South
to its intersection by the meridian of Longitude 130 degrees
10'
East, thence north-easterly along the rhumb line to a point of Latitude 8 degrees
54' South, Longitude 133 degrees
14' East, thence
north-easterly along the rhumb line to a point of Latitude 8
degrees
53' South, Longitude 133 degrees
23' East, thence south-easterly
along the rhumb line to a point of Latitude 9 degrees
25' South,
Longitude 134 degrees
50' East, thence north-easterly along the rhumb
line to a point of Latitude 9 degrees
22' South, Longitude 135 degrees
03'
East, thence north-easterly along the rhumb line to a point of Latitude 9 degrees
17' South, Longitude 135 degrees
13' East, thence
north-easterly along the rhumb line to a point of Latitude 9
degrees
08' South, Longitude 135 degrees
29' East, thence south-easterly
along the rhumb line to a point of Latitude 9 degrees
57' South,
Longitude 137 degrees
45' East, then south-easterly along the rhumb
line to a point of Latitude 10 degrees
09' South, Longitude 138 degrees
13'
East, thence south-easterly along the rhumb line to a point of Latitude 10 degrees
22' South, Longitude 138 degrees
35' East, thence
south-easterly along the rhumb line to a point of Latitude 10
degrees
24' South, Longitude 138 degrees
38' East, thence south-easterly
along the rhumb line to a point of Latitude 10 degrees
50' South,
Longitude 139 degrees
12' East, thence south-easterly along the
geodesic to a point of Latitude 10 degrees
51' South, Longitude 139 degrees
12' 30" East, thence south-easterly along the geodesic to a
point of Latitude 11 degrees
South, Longitude 139 degrees
15' East, thence
southerly along the meridian of Longitude 139 degrees
15' East to its
intersection by the parallel of Latitude 14 degrees
30' South, thence
westerly along that parallel to its intersection by the
meridian of Longitude 138 degrees
30' East, thence southerly along
that meridian to its intersection by the parallel of Latitude
15 degrees
55' South, thence south-westerly along the geodesic to the
intersection of the coastline at mean low water by the
boundary between the Northern Territory of Australia and the
state of Queensland, thence along the coastline of the
Northern Territory of Australia at mean low water to the point of commencement.
Ashmore and
Cartier Islands
Division The area of continental shelf beneath the area of waters
bounded by a line commencing at a point of Latitude 12 degrees 24'
South, Longitude 121 degrees
24' East and runs thence north-easterly
along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 11 degrees
35' South,
Longitude 123 degrees
10' East, thence easterly along the rhumb line
which is on the parallel of Latitude 11 degrees
35' South to its
intersection by the meridian of Longitude 123 degrees
14' East,
thence north-easterly along the rhumb line to a point of
Latitude 11 degrees
23' South, Longitude 123 degrees
26' East, thence
south-easterly along the rhumb line to a point of Latitude 11
degrees
28' South, Longitude 123 degrees
40' East, thence north-easterly
along the rhumb line to a point of Latitude 11 degrees
26' South,
Longitude 124 degrees
East, thence north-easterly along the rhumb
line to a point of Latitude 11 degrees
25' South, Longitude 124 degrees 10'
East, thence north-easterly along the rhumb line to a point of Latitude 11 degrees
07' South, Longitude 124 degrees
34' East, thence
north-easterly along the rhumb line to a point of Latitude 11
degrees
01' South, Longitude 125 degrees
19' East, thence north-easterly
along the rhumb line to a point of Latitude 10 degrees
37' South,
Longitude 125 degrees
41' East, thence north-easterly along the rhumb
line to a point of Latitude 10 degrees
28' South, Longitude 126 degrees
East, thence north-easterly along the geodesic to a point of
Latitude 10 degrees
21' 30" South, Longitude 126 degrees
10' 30" East,
thence south-westerly along the geodesic to a point of
Latitude 11 degrees
44' 30" South, Longitude 125 degrees
31' 30" East,
thence south-westerly along the geodesic to a point of
Latitude 11 degrees
51' South, Longitude 125 degrees
27' 45" East, thence
south-westerly along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 12
degrees
46' 15" South, Longitude 124 degrees
55' 30" East, thence
south-westerly along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 13
degrees
13' 15" South, Longitude 124 degrees
36' 15" East, thence
south-westerly along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 13
degrees
19' 30" South, Longitude 124 degrees
27' 45" East, thence westerly
along the parallel of Latitude 13 degrees
19' 30" South to its
intersection by the meridian of Longitude 123 degrees
16' 45" East,
thence westerly along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 13
degrees
20' South, Longitude 122 degrees
41' East, thence north-westerly
along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 12 degrees
56' South,
Longitude 122 degrees
06' East, thence north-westerly along the
geodesic to the point of commencement.
Papua Division The area of continental shelf beneath the area of waters
bounded by a line commencing at a point that is the
intersection of the coastline at mean low water by the
boundary between the Territory of New Guinea and the Territory of Papua and runs thence north-easterly along the geodesic to
a point of Latitude 7 degrees
59' 20" South, Longitude 148 degrees
01' 30"
East, thence north-easterly along the geodesic to a point of
Latitude 7 degrees
50' 45" South, Longitude 148 degrees
06' 15" East, thence
north-easterly along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 7
degrees
22' South, Longitude 148 degrees
16' 45" East, thence north-easterly
along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 7 degrees
16' South,
Longitude 148 degrees
55' East, thence south-easterly along the
geodesic to a point of Latitude 7 degrees
31' South, Longitude 149 degrees
15' East, thence north-easterly along the geodesic to a point
of Latitude 7 degrees
22' South, Longitude 149 degrees
42' East, thence
north-easterly along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 7
degrees
18' South, Longitude 150 degrees
10' East, thence easterly along the
geodesic to a point of Latitude 7 degrees
19' South, Longitude 150 degrees
25' East, thence easterly along the geodesic to a point of
Latitude 7 degrees
13' South, Longitude 151 degrees
05' East, thence
easterly along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 7 degrees
10'
South, Longitude 152 degrees
40' East, thence north-easterly along
the geodesic to a point of Latitude 7 degrees
05' South, Longitude
153 degrees
10' East, thence south-easterly along the geodesic to a
point of Latitude 7 degrees
18' South, Longitude 153 degrees
30' East,
thence south-easterly along the geodesic to a point of
Latitude 7 degrees
35' South, Longitude 153 degrees
48' East, thence
south-easterly along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 8
degrees
50' South, Longitude 155 degrees
08' East, thence south-easterly
along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 9 degrees
18' South,
Longitude 155 degrees
18' East, thence south-westerly along the
geodesic to a point of Latitude 10 degrees
09' South, Longitude 154 degrees
41' East, thence south-easterly along the geodesic to a point
of Latitude 10 degrees
45' South, Longitude 154 degrees
55' East, thence
south-easterly along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 14
degrees
07' South, Longitude 156 degrees
35' East, thence south-westerly
along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 14 degrees
28' South,
Longitude 155 degrees
03' East, thence south-westerly along the
geodesic to a point of Latitude 14 degrees
45' South, Longitude 154 degrees
15' East, thence north-westerly along the geodesic to a point
of Latitude 14 degrees
15' South, Longitude 152 degrees
15' East, thence
north-westerly along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 13
degrees
50' South, Longitude 151 degrees
29' East, thence north-westerly
along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 13 degrees
12' South,
Longitude 149 degrees
40' East, thence north-westerly along the
geodesic to a point of Latitude 13 degrees
05' South, Longitude 148 degrees
35' East, thence north-westerly along the geodesic to a point
of Latitude 12 degrees
50' South, Longitude 147 degrees
40' East, thence
north-westerly along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 12
degrees
10' South, Longitude 146 degrees
25' East, thence north-westerly
along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 10 degrees
45' South,
Longitude 145 degrees
40' East, thence north-westerly along the
geodesic to a point of Latitude 9 degrees
15' South, Longitude 145 degrees
20' East, thence north-westerly along the geodesic to a point
of Latitude 9 degrees
South, Longitude 145 degrees
13' East, thence westerly
along the parallel of Latitude 9 degrees
South to its intersection by
the meridian of Longitude 144 degrees
45' East, thence south-westerly
along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 9 degrees
24' 30" South,
Longitude 144 degrees
13' 45" East, thence north-westerly along the
geodesic to a point of Latitude 9 degrees
08' 15" South, Longitude
143 degrees
52' 15" East, thence south-westerly along the geodesic to
a point of Latitude 9 degrees
21' 30" South, Longitude 142 degrees 33' 15"
East, thence north-westerly along the geodesic to a point of
Latitude 9 degrees
14' 45" South, Longitude 142 degrees
21' 30" East, thence
north-westerly along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 9
degrees
11' 45" South, Longitude 142 degrees
18' 30" East, thence
north-westerly along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 9
degrees
10' 30" South, Longitude 142 degrees
16' East, thence south-westerly
along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 9 degrees
11' 45" South,
Longitude 142 degrees
09' East, thence north-westerly along the
geodesic to a point of Latitude 9 degrees
10' 45" South, Longitude
142 degrees
04' 45" East, thence westerly along the parallel of
Latitude 9 degrees
10' 45" South to its intersection by the meridian
of Longitude 142 degrees
00' 15" East, thence south-westerly along
the geodesic to a point of Latitude 9 degrees
30' South, Longitude
141 degrees
35' 30" East, thence south-westerly along the geodesic to
a point of Latitude 9 degrees
38' South, Longitude 141 degrees
East, thence
south-westerly along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 9
degrees
52' 30" South, Longitude 140 degrees
30' 30" East, thence
north-westerly along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 9
degrees
52' South, Longitude 140 degrees
29' East, thence north-easterly
along the rhumb line to a point of Latitude 9 degrees
24' 30" South,
Longitude 140 degrees
49' 30" East, thence north-easterly along the
rhumb line to a point of Latitude 9 degrees
23' South, Longitude 140 degrees
52' East, thence north-easterly along the rhumb line that
terminates at a point of Latitude 9 degrees
08' 08" South, Longitude
141 degrees
01' 10" East to its intersection by the coastline at mean
low water (or, if at any time that last-mentioned rhumb line
is not intersected by the coastline at mean low water, then to the point of Latitude 9 degrees
08' 08" South, Longitude 141 degrees 01' 10"
East, thence northerly along the meridian of Longitude 141
degrees
01' 10" East to its intersection by the coastline at mean low
water), thence along the coastline of the Territory of Papua
at mean low water to the point of commencement.
New Guinea
Division The area of continental shelf beneath the area of waters
bounded by a line commencing at the point of Latitude 2
degrees
35'
37" South, Longitude 141 degrees
East, being the point of
intersection of the coastline at mean low water with the
meridian of Longitude 141 degrees
East, thence north-easterly along
the rhumb line to a point of Latitude 2 degrees
08' 30" South,
Longitude 141 degrees
01' 30" East, thence north-easterly along the
rhumb line to a point of Latitude 1 degrees
04' South, Longitude 141 degrees
23' 42" East, thence north-westerly along the rhumb line to a
point of Latitude 0 degrees
55' 54" South, Longitude 141 degrees 20' 30"
East, thence north-westerly along the geodesic to a point of
Latitude 0 degrees
47' North, Longitude 140 degrees 49' East, thence
north-westerly along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 2
degrees
41' North, Longitude 140 degrees
46' East, thence easterly along the
geodesic to a point of Latitude 2 degrees
40' North, Longitude 142 degrees
05' East, thence easterly along the geodesic to a point of
Latitude 2 degrees
44' North, Longitude 143 degrees 05' East, thence
north-easterly along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 2
degrees
47' North, Longitude 143 degrees
26' East, thence north-easterly
along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 3 degrees
19' North,
Longitude 145 degrees
10' East, thence north-easterly along the
geodesic to a point of Latitude 3 degrees
23' North, Longitude 145 degrees
43' East, thence south-easterly along the geodesic to a point
of Latitude 3 degrees
17' North, Longitude 146 degrees 38' East, thence
south-easterly along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 3
degrees
12' North, Longitude 147 degrees
01' East, thence south-easterly
along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 2 degrees
41' North,
Longitude 147 degrees
58' East, thence easterly along the geodesic to
a point of Latitude 2 degrees
46' North, Longitude 150 degrees
22' East,
thence south-easterly along the geodesic to a point of
Latitude 2 degrees
22' North, Longitude 151 degrees 02' East, thence
south-easterly along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 0
degrees
19' South, Longitude 152 degrees
45' East, thence south-easterly
along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 1 degrees
South, Longitude
153 degrees
58' East, thence easterly along the geodesic to a point
of Latitude 1 degrees
05' South, Longitude 157 degrees
40' East, thence
north-easterly along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 1
degrees
01' South, Longitude 157 degrees
51' East, thence north-easterly
along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 0 degrees
53' North,
Longitude 160 degrees
04' East, thence south-easterly along the
geodesic to a point of Latitude 0 degrees
15' North, Longitude 161 degrees
46' East, thence south-easterly along the geodesic to a point
of Latitude 3 degrees
55' South, Longitude 163 degrees 58' East, thence
south-westerly along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 4
degrees
53' South, Longitude 160 degrees
08' East, thence north-westerly
along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 4 degrees
46' South,
Longitude 158 degrees
58' East, thence north-westerly along the
geodesic to a point of Latitude 4 degrees
35' South, Longitude 158 degrees
12' East, thence south-westerly along the geodesic to a point
of Latitude 5 degrees
52' South, Longitude 157 degrees 53' East, thence
westerly along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 5 degrees
51'
South, Longitude 157 degrees
23' East, thence north-westerly along
the geodesic to a point of Latitude 5 degrees
38' South, Longitude
156 degrees
32' East, thence south-westerly along the geodesic to a
point of Latitude 6 degrees
23' South, Longitude 156 degrees
15' East,
thence south-westerly along the geodesic to a point which lies 93/4 admiralty nautical miles north 23 degrees
east true from Cape
Friendship, thence southerly along the geodesic to a point
which lies 4 admiralty nautical miles south 84 degrees
east true from
Cape Friendship, thence south-westerly along the geodesic to a point which lies 23/4 admiralty nautical miles south 36
degrees
east
true from Cape Friendship, thence south-westerly along the
geodesic to a point which lies 2 admiralty nautical miles
south 38 degrees
east true from the southernmost point of the
peninsula which bounds the harbour of Tonolei on the east,
thence southerly along the geodesic to a point which lies 33/4 admiralty nautical miles south 19 degrees
east true from the
southernmost point of that peninsula, thence south-westerly
along the geodesic to a point which lies 4 admiralty nautical
miles south true from the southernmost point of that
peninsula, thence north-westerly along the geodesic to a point which lies 33/4 admiralty nautical miles south 45 degrees
west true
from the southernmost point of that peninsula, thence
south-westerly along the geodesic to a point which lies 6
admiralty nautical miles south 40 degrees
west true from the
southernmost point of that peninsula, thence westerly along
the geodesic to a point which lies 41/2 admiralty nautical
miles north 85 degrees
east true from Moila Point, thence
south-westerly along the geodesic to a point which lies 4
admiralty nautical miles south 66 degrees
east true from Moila Point,
thence south-westerly along the geodesic to a point which lies 53/4 admiralty nautical miles south 53 degrees
west true from Moila
Point, thence north-westerly along the geodesic to a point
which lies 83/4 admiralty nautical miles south 78 degrees
west true
from Moila Point, thence south-westerly along the geodesic to
a point of Latitude 7 degrees
11' South, Longitude 155 degrees 27' East,
thence south-westerly along the geodesic to a point of
Latitude 7 degrees
14' South, Longitude 155 degrees
04' East, thence
south-westerly along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 7
degrees
27' South, Longitude 154 degrees
06' East, thence south-westerly
along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 7 degrees
35' South,
Longitude 153 degrees
48' East, thence north-westerly along the
geodesic to a point of Latitude 7 degrees
18' South, Longitude 153 degrees
30' East, thence north-westerly along the geodesic to a point
of Latitude 7 degrees
05' South, Longitude 153 degrees 10' East, thence
south-westerly along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 7
degrees
10' South, Longitude 152 degrees
40' East, thence westerly along the
geodesic to a point of Latitude 7 degrees
13' South, Longitude 151 degrees
05' East, thence westerly along the geodesic to a point of
Latitude 7 degrees
19' South, Longitude 150 degrees 25' East, thence
westerly along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 7 degrees
18'
South, Longitude 150 degrees
10' East, thence south-westerly along
the geodesic to a point of Latitude 7 degrees
22' South, Longitude
149 degrees
42' East, thence south-westerly along the geodesic to a
point of Latitude 7 degrees
31' South, Longitude 149 degrees
15' East,
thence north-westerly along the geodesic to a point of
Latitude 7 degrees
16' South, Longitude 148 degrees
55' East, thence
south-westerly along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 7
degrees
22' South, Longitude 148 degrees
16' 45" East, thence south-westerly
along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 7 degrees
50' 45" South,
Longitude 148 degrees
06' 15" East, thence south-westerly along the
geodesic to a point of Latitude 7 degrees
59' 20" South, Longitude
148 degrees
01' 30" East, thence south-westerly along the geodesic to
the intersection of the coastline at mean low water by the
boundary between the Territory of New Guinea and the Territory of Papua, thence along the coastline of the Territory of New
Guinea at mean low water to the point of commencement.
Coral Sea
Islands
Division The area of continental shelf beneath the area of waters
bounded by a line commencing at a point of Latitude 14 degrees 45'
South, Longitude 154 degrees
15' East and running thence
north-easterly along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 14
degrees
28' South, Longitude 155 degrees
03' East, thence north-easterly
along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 14 degrees
07' South,
Longitude 156 degrees
35' East, thence south-westerly along the
geodesic to a point of Latitude 20 degrees
South, Longitude 156 degrees
10'
East, thence south-easterly along the geodesic to a point of
Latitude 25 degrees
South, Longitude 158 degrees
35' East, thence westerly
along the parallel of Latitude 25 degrees
South to its intersection
by the meridian of Longitude 155 degrees
15' East, thence northerly
along that meridian to its intersection by the parallel of
Latitude 23 degrees
50' South, thence westerly along that parallel to
its intersection by the meridian of Longitude 154
degrees
East,
thence northerly along that meridian to its intersection by
the parallel of Latitude 23 degrees
15' South, thence westerly along
that parallel to its intersection by the meridian of Longitude 153 degrees
40' East, thence northerly along that meridian to its
intersection by the parallel of Latitude 22 degrees
50' South, thence
westerly along that parallel to its intersection by the
meridian of Longitude 153 degrees
05' East, thence northerly along
that meridian to its intersection by the parallel of Latitude
20 degrees
25' South, thence westerly along that parallel to its
intersection by the meridian of Longitude 151 degrees
30' East,
thence northerly along that meridian to its intersection by
the parallel of Latitude 20 degrees
South, thence westerly along that
parallel to its intersection by the meridian of Longitude 150
degrees
50' East, thence northerly along that meridian to its
intersection by the parallel of Latitude 18 degrees
30' South, thence
westerly along that parallel to its intersection by the
meridian of Longitude 147 degrees
45' East, thence northerly along
that meridian to its intersection by the parallel of Latitude
17 degrees
05' South, thence westerly along that parallel to its
intersection by the meridian of Longitude 146 degrees
55' East,
thence northerly along that meridian to its intersection by
the parallel of Latitude 14 degrees
South, thence easterly along that
parallel to its intersection by the meridian of Longitude 147
degrees
40' East, thence northerly along that meridian to its
intersection by the parallel of Latitude 12 degrees
50' South, thence
south-easterly along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 13
degrees
05' South, Longitude 148 degrees
35' East, thence south-easterly
along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 13 degrees
12' South,
Longitude 149 degrees
40' East, thence south-easterly along the
geodesic to a point of Latitude 13 degrees
50' South, Longitude 151 degrees
29' East, thence south-easterly along the geodesic to a point
of Latitude 14 degrees
15' South, Longitude 152 degrees
15' East, thence
south-easterly along the geodesic to the point of
commencement.
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SCHEDULE 2
Regulation 13
FEES
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Item Matter Fee ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- $ 1 Grant of a licence under sub-section 13(1) of the Act . 20.00
2 Grant of a licence under sub-section 13(2) of the Act-
(a) in respect of an Australian ship of less than 15
metres in overall length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.00 (b) in respect of an Australian ship of not less than
15 metres, but less than 20 metres, in overall length . 50.00 (c) in respect of an Australian ship of not less than
20 metres in overall length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.00 (d) in respect of a foreign ship, for each metre in
overall length of the ship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.00
3 Grant of a licence under sub-section 13(4) of the Act-
(a) authorizing the employment of a person as a diver 20.00 (b) authorizing the employment of a person as a trial
diver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.00 (c) authorizing the employment of a person as a
diver's tender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00
4 Transfer under sub-section 13(7) of the Act of a licence
granted under sub-section 13(2) of the Act . . . . . . . 1.00
5 Issue of a duplicate of a lost or defaced licence . . . 1.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --
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