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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 resources:

AND WHEREAS Australia as a coastal state has the right under international law to exercise control within a contiguous zone to:
      (a) prevent infringements of customs, fiscal, immigration or sanitary laws within Australia or the territorial sea of Australia;
      (b) to punish infringements of those laws:

BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED by the Queen, the Senate and the House of Representatives of Australia, as follows:

Part I—Preliminary