Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00155:section:4:p18
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00155
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 4 (pt 18/20)
Character Range: 65332–67860

in or in any operations or activities associated with, or incidental to, exploring or exploiting natural resources.
 (9A) If it is necessary to determine whether a resources installation is attached to the seabed (the relevant seabed):
 (a) in the Greater Sunrise special regime area; or
 (b) in the Greater Sunrise pipeline international offshore area within the meaning of the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006; or
 (c) above the Bayu‑Undan Gas Field within the meaning of the Timor Sea Maritime Boundaries Treaty; or
 (d) in the Bayu‑Undan pipeline international offshore area within the meaning of the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006; or
 (e) above the Kitan Oil Field within the meaning of the Timor Sea Maritime Boundaries Treaty;
subsection (9) has effect as if a reference in that subsection to the Australian seabed were a reference to the relevant seabed.
 (10) For the purposes of this Act, the space above or below a coastal area shall be deemed to be in that area.
 (11) Subject to subsection (13), for the purposes of this Act, a sea installation shall be taken to be installed in an adjacent area if:
 (a) the installation is in, or is brought into, physical contact with a part of the seabed in the adjacent area; or
 (b) the installation is in, or is brought into, physical contact with another sea installation that is to be taken to be installed in the adjacent area because of paragraph (a).
 (12) For the purposes of this Act, a sea installation shall be taken to be installed in an adjacent area at a particular time if the whole or part of the installation:
 (a) is in that adjacent area at that time; and
 (b) has been in a particular locality:
 (i) that is circular and has a radius of 20 nautical miles; and
 (ii) the whole or part of which is in that adjacent area;
  for:
 (iii) a continuous period, of at least 30 days, that immediately precedes that time; or
 (iv) one or more periods, during the 60 days that immediately precede that time, that in sum amount to at least 40 days.
 (13) Where a sea installation, being a ship or an aircraft:
 (a) is brought into physical contact with a part of the seabed in an adjacent area; or
 (b) is in, or is brought into, physical contact with another sea installation that is to be taken to be installed in an adjacent area;
for less than:
 (c) in the case of a ship, or an aircraft, registered under the law of a foreign country—30 days; or
 (d) in any other case—5 days;
it shall not be taken to be installed in