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1           Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973                    This Act:
                                                                 (a) declared and enacted that the sovereignty in respect of the territorial sea and the associated airspace, seabed and subsoil is vested in and exercisable by the Crown in right of the Commonwealth; and
                                                                 (b) gave the Governor‑General power to declare, by Proclamation, the limits of the territorial sea; and
                                                                 (c) declared and enacted that the sovereignty in respect of waters of the sea that are on the landward side of the baseline of the territorial sea (but not within the limits of a State) and in respect of the associated airspace, seabed and subsoil is vested in and exercisable by the Crown in right of the Commonwealth; and
                                                                 (d) declared and enacted that the sovereign rights of Australia as a coastal state in respect of the continental shelf of Australia (for the purpose of exploring it and exploiting its natural resources) are vested in and exercisable by the Crown in right of the Commonwealth; and
                                                                 (e) gave the Governor‑General power to declare, by Proclamation, the limits of the continental shelf of Australia.