Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2016L00302:reg:9
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2016L00302
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 9
Character Range: 8295–9882

9  Baseline—islands off the coast of the States or the Northern Territory
  Subject to sections 10, 11 and 12, the baseline from which the breadth of the part of the territorial sea adjacent to an island, or a group of islands, located within a State or the Northern Territory, and seaward of the baseline of the mainland of that State or Territory, is to be measured is the line constituted by the following:
 (a) the low‑water line along the coast of the island, or along the coast of each island included in the group of islands, except where that low‑water line is landward of a line mentioned in paragraph (b), (c) or (d);
 (b) for each river that flows directly into the sea on the coast of the island, or on the coast of an island included in the group of islands—the straight line drawn across the mouth of the river between points on the low‑water lines of its banks, except where the line is landward of a line mentioned in paragraph (c) or (d);
 (c) for each bay on the coast of the island, or on the coast of an island included in the group of islands—the straight line drawn between the respective low‑water marks of the natural entrance points of the bay, except where the line is landward of, or identical with, a line mentioned in paragraph (d);
 (d) the straight lines joining each of the points on the low‑water line of the coast of the island, or on the low‑water line of the coast of an island included in the group of islands, that are on, or closest to, the points of latitude and longitude specified in an item in Part 4 of Schedule 2.
Note: See also section 13.