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Provision Reference: sch 4 (pt 1/36)
Character Range: 131333–134098

Schedule 4
265. Part IV of Schedule 4 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting "States Grants (Water Resources Assessment) Act 1973" and substituting "States Grants (Water Resources Measurement) Act 1973".

PART LXXIII—AMENDMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT 1975

Principal Act
266. The Telecommunications Act 197572 is in this Part referred to as the Principal Act.

267. After section 3 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted in Part I:

Extension of Act to adjacent areas
"3a. (1) Subject to sub-section (2), the provisions of this Act apply in relation to the adjacent areas in respect of the States and Territories as if references in this Act to Australia, when used in a geographical sense, included references to the adjacent areas in respect of the States and Territories.
"(2) The application of the provisions of this Act in relation to the adjacent areas in respect of the States and Territories by virtue of sub-section (1) extends to and in relation to all acts, matters and things touching, concerning, arising out of or connected with the exploration of, or the exploitation of the resources of, the continental shelf of Australia or of an external Territory and not otherwise.
"(3) Without limiting the generality of sub-section (2), the application of the provisions of this Act in relation to the adjacent areas in respect of the States and Territories by virtue of sub-section (1) extends to and in relation to all acts done by or in relation to, and all matters, circumstances and things affecting, any person who is in the adjacent area in respect of a State or Territory for a reason touching, concerning, arising out of or connected with the exploration of, or the exploitation of the resources of, the continental shelf of Australia or of an external Territory.
"(4) A provision of the Judiciary Act 1903 by which a court of a State is invested with federal jurisdiction has effect, with respect to matters arising under the provisions of this Act having effect by virtue of sub-section (1), as if that jurisdiction were so invested without limitation as to locality other than the limitation imposed by section 80 of the Constitution.
"(5) Subject to the Constitution, jurisdiction is conferred on the several courts of the Territories within the limits of their several jurisdictions, other than limits as to locality, with respect to matters arising under the provisions of this Act having effect by virtue of sub-section (1).
"(6) In this section, 'adjacent area', in relation to a State or Territory, has the same meaning as in the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967.".

PART LXXIV—AMENDMENT OF TERRITORY AUTHORITIES (FINANCIAL PROVISIONS) ACT 1978

Principal Act
268. The Territory Authorities (Financial Provisions)