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provision regarding resources installations in Area A of the Zone of Cooperation

"7a. (1) This section applies to a resources installation that is attached to the seabed in Area A of the Zone of Cooperation.

"(2) The regulations may provide that this Act has effect as if a person arriving at, or leaving, a resources installation to which this section applies were entering, or leaving, Australia.

"(3) Regulations under subsection (2) may be expressed to apply:

(a) to all resources installations to which this section applies; or

(b) to a specified installation.

"(4) Regulations under subsection (2) may be expressed to apply:

(a) to all persons; or

(b) to a specified class of persons.

"(5) The making of regulations under subsection (2) does not affect the operation of subsection 4 (10a).".

PART 8—AMENDMENTS OF THE PETROLEUM (SUBMERGED LANDS) ACT 1967

Principal Act

20. In this Part, "Principal Act" means the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 19671.

Interpretation

21. Section 5 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting in subsection (1) the following definition:

" 'Area A of the Zone of Cooperation' has the same meaning as in the Petroleum (Australia-Indonesia Zone of Cooperation) Act 1990,".

Adjacent areas

22. Section 5a of the Principal Act is amended:

    (a) by omitting from subsection (1) "or the Northern Territory" and substituting "other than Western Australia";

(b) by omitting from subsection (1) "or Territory";

(c) by inserting after subsection (1) the following subsection:

    "(1a) For the purposes of this Act, but subject to subsections (2) and (10), the adjacent area in respect of Western Australia or the Northern Territory is so much of the area described in Schedule 2 under the heading that refers to that State or Territory as comprises waters of the sea that:

       (a) are not within the outer limits of the territorial sea of Australia (including the territorial sea adjacent to any island forming part of Australia); and

       (b) are within the outer limits of the continental shelf; and

       (c) are not within Area A of the Zone of Cooperation.";

(d) by inserting in subsection (3) but subject to subsection (10)", after "For the purposes of this Act";

    (e) by omitting from subsection (3) "within the outer limits of the continental shelf' and substituting:

"that:

        (a) are within the outer limits of the continental shelf; and

        (b) are not within Area A of the Zone of Cooperation";

    (f) by inserting after subsection (9) the following subsections:

    "(10) For the purposes of an Act to which this subsection applies, this section has effect as if paragraphs (1a) (c) and (3) (b) were omitted.

    "(11) The regulations may prescribe the Acts to which subsection (10) applies.".

23. After section 30 of the