Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2023C00325:section:8
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2023C00325
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 8
Character Range: 14776–15525

8  Offshore areas
 (1) This Act applies in relation to the offshore areas in respect of the States and Territories as if references in this Act to Australia, when used in a geographical sense, included references to the offshore areas in respect of the States and Territories.
 (2) The extended application given to this Act by subsection (1) extends only in relation to:
 (a) acts, matters and things directly or indirectly connected with exploration of, or exploitation of the natural resources of, the continental shelf of Australia; and
 (b) acts done by or in relation to, and matters, circumstances and things affecting, a person who is in an offshore area for a reason directly or indirectly connected with such exploration or exploitation.