EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1984 NO. 423
ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION (SEA DUMPING) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
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(Issued under the authority of the Minister of State for Home Affairs and Environment)
The purpose of the proposed amendment to the Environment Protection (Sea Dumping) Regulations is to insert a new regulation, regulation 2A, declaring that “Australian waters” for the purposes of the Environment Protection (Sea Dumping) Act 1981 is to include those waters seaward of the territorial sea that comprise the Australian fishing zone (as defined in the Fisheries Act 1952) at the commencement of the proposed amendment.