Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2019C00259:front:0:p2
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Charts of limits of continental shelf
Division 2AA—Greater Sunrise special regime area
13AA Joint exercise of rights in Greater Sunrise special regime area
13AB Operation of Commonwealth law in relation to Greater Sunrise special regime area
13AC Cessation of effect of this Division
Division 2A—The contiguous zone
13A Rights of control in respect of contiguous zone
13B Limits of contiguous zone
13C Charts of limits of contiguous zone
Division 3—Savings
14 Part II does not affect waters etc. within State limits
15 Certain property not vested in Commonwealth
16 Saving of other laws
Schedule 1—Parts II, V and VI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
Schedule 2—Greater Sunrise special regime area
1 Greater Sunrise special regime area
2 Illustrative map of the Greater Sunrise special regime area
Endnotes
Endnote 1—About the endnotes
Endnote 2—Abbreviation key
Endnote 3—Legislation history
Endnote 4—Amendment history
An Act relating to Sovereignty in respect of certain Waters of the Sea and in respect of the Airspace over, and the Sea‑bed and Subsoil beneath, those Waters and to Sovereign Rights in respect of the Continental Shelf and the Exclusive Economic Zone and to certain rights of control in respect of the Contiguous Zone
Preamble

WHEREAS a belt of sea adjacent to the coast of Australia, known as the territorial sea, and the airspace over the territorial sea and the bed and subsoil of the territorial sea, are within the sovereignty of Australia:

AND WHEREAS Australia as a coastal state has:
      (a) sovereign rights in respect of the waters, the sea‑bed and the subsoil that constitute the exclusive economic zone of Australia for the purposes of:
         (i) exploring the zone; and
         (ii) exploiting, conserving and managing the natural resources of the zone; and
      (b) sovereign rights with regard to other activities for the economic exploitation and exploration of the exclusive economic zone of Australia, such as the production of energy from water, currents and winds; and
      (c) jurisdiction in accordance with international law in relation to:
         (i) the establishment and use of artificial islands, installations and structures in the exclusive economic zone; and
         (ii) marine scientific research in the exclusive economic zone; and
         (iii) the protection and preservation of the marine environment in the exclusive economic zone; and
      (d) other rights and duties in relation to the exclusive economic zone provided for in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea:

AND WHEREAS Australia as a coastal state has sovereign rights in respect of the continental shelf (that is to say, the sea‑bed and subsoil of certain submarine areas adjacent to its coast but outside the area of the territorial sea) for the purpose of exploring it and exploiting its natural