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the geodesic to a point of Latitude 54° 43' South, Longitude 164° 43' East, thence south-easterly along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 58° 30' South, Longitude 170° East, thence south-westerly along the geodesic to a point of Latitude 62° 30' South, Longitude 160° East".

Pipeline Authority Act 1973

Subsection 3(1) (definition of "Australian continental shelf"):

  Omit "Convention", substitute "Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973".

Subsection 3(1) (definition of "continental shelf of the Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands"):

  Omit "Convention, substitute "Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973".

Subsection 3(1) (definition of "Convention"):

  Omit the definition.

Quarantine Act 1908

Subsection 5(1) (definition of "Continental Shelf"):

Omit all the words after "as in the", substitute "Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973".

SCHEDULE 1—continued

Sea Installations Act 1987

Subsection 4(1) (definition of "Australian fishing zone"):

  Omit the definition.

Subsection 4(1):

  Insert:

" 'exclusive economic zone' means the exclusive economic zone, within the meaning of the Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973, adjacent to the coast of Australia or the coast of an external Territory;".

Paragraph 5(1)(b):

  Omit the paragraph, substitute:

  "(b) are either:

        (i) within the outer limits of the exclusive economic zone; or

          (ii) outside those limits but within the outer limits of the continental shelf.".

Paragraphs 5(3)(a) and (b):

  Omit the paragraphs, substitute:

  "(a) within the outer limits of the exclusive economic zone; or

     (b) outside those limits but within the outer limits of the continental shelf;".

Paragraphs 5(5)(a) and (b):

  Omit the paragraphs, substitute:

  "(a) within the outer limits of the exclusive economic zone; or

   (b) outside those limits but within the limits of the continental shelf.".

Paragraphs 5(7)(a) and (b):

  Omit the paragraphs, substitute:

     "(a) adjacent to the coast of that Territory and within the outer limits of the exclusive economic zone; or

     (b) adjacent to the coast of that Territory and within the outer limits of the continental shelf.".

Whale Protection Act 1980

Subsection 3(1) (definition of "Australian fishing zone"):

  Omit the definition.

SCHEDULE 1—continued

Subsection 3(1):

  Insert:

" 'exclusive economic zone' means the exclusive economic zone, within the meaning of the Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973, adjacent to the coast of Australia or the coast of an external Territory;".

Paragraph 6(2)(a):

  Omit "Australian fishing zone", substitute "exclusive economic zone".

                         SCHEDULE 2 Section 13

SCHEDULE TO BE INSERTED IN THE SEAS AND SUBMERGED LANDS ACT 1973

                         "SCHEDULE Subsection 3(1)

 (definition of
"the Convention")

PARTS II, V AND VI OF THE UNITED NATIONS
CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA

PART II
TERRITORIAL SEA AND CONTIGUOUS ZONE

SECTION 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 2

Legal status of the territorial sea, of the air space over the territorial sea and of its bed
and subsoil

1. The sovereignty