Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2010C00802:section:17
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2010C00802
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Provision Reference: s 17
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17  Interpretation
 (1) Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended;
 (a)  by omitting ", apart from Annexes III, IV and V to it," from the definition of "the 1978 Protocol" in subsection (1);
 (b) by inserting after subsection (1A) the following subsection:
           "(1AA) A reference in this Act to the sea near the Jervis Bay Territory shall be read as a reference to the sea in that Territory."; and
 (c) by inserting after subsection (1B) the following subsection:
           "(1BA) For the purposes of this Act, the laws of the Jervis Bay Territory shall be taken to include laws, other than this Act, in force in that Territory.".
 (2) Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended;
 (a) by omitting "III", from the definition of "the 1973 Convention" in subsection (1);
 (b) by omitting "and" from paragraph (a) of the definition of "the 1978 Protocol" in subsection (1); and
 (c) by inserting after paragraph (a) of the definition of "the 1978 Protocol" in subsection (1) the following paragraph:
 "(aa)  the amendments to the Protocol adopted on 5 December 1985 (a copy of the English text of which relating to the Annex of the Protocol is set out in Schedule 4 and a copy of the English text of which relating to Protocol I to the Convention is set out in Schedule 5); and".
 (3) Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting ", apart from Annexes IV and V," from the definition of "the 1973 Convention" in subsection (1).