Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2016L00302:reg:7
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2016L00302
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 7
Character Range: 5565–7252

7  Baseline—mainland of Australia
  Subject to sections 10, 11 and 12, the baseline from which the breadth of the part of the territorial sea adjacent to the mainland of Australia is to be measured is the line constituted by the following:
 (a) the low‑water line along the coast, except where that low‑water line is landward of a line mentioned in paragraph (b), (c), (d) or (e);
 (b) for each river that flows directly into the sea on the coast—the straight line drawn across the mouth of the river between points on the low‑water lines of its banks, except where that line is landward of a line mentioned in paragraph (c) or (d);
 (c) for each bay (other than an historic bay) on the coast—the straight line drawn between the low‑water marks of the natural entrance points of the bay, except where that line is landward of, or identical with, a line mentioned in paragraph (d);
 (d) the straight lines joining each of the points on the low‑water line of the coast that are on, or closest to, the points of latitude and longitude specified in an item in Part 1 of Schedule 2;
 (e) for each historic bay specified in column 1 of an item in Part 2 of Schedule 2:
 (i) if 2 points of latitude and longitude are specified in column 2 of the item—the straight line joining each of the points on the low‑water line of the coast that are on, or closest to, those points; and
 (ii) if more than 2 points of latitude and longitude are specified in column 2 of the item—the line constituted by each of the straight lines joining, respectively, each of the points on the low‑water line of the coast that are on, or closest to, 2 points specified opposite each other in that column of that item.