Seas and Submerged Lands (Territorial Sea Baseline) Proclamation 2016 (Cth)

Seas and Submerged Lands (Territorial Sea Baseline) Proclamation 2016

I, General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Ret'd), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Proclamation.

Signed and Sealed with the Great Seal of Australia on

10 March 2016

Peter Cosgrove Governor‑General By His Excellency's Command

George Brandis QC Attorney‑General

Contents 1 Name 2 Commencement 3 Authority 4 Schedules 5 Definitions 6 Bays 7 Baseline—mainland of Australia 8 Baseline—mainland of Tasmania 9 Baseline—islands off the coast of the States or the Northern Territory 10 Low‑tide elevations 11 Low‑water line of naturally formed area 12 Low‑water line of island 13 Excluded islands and excluded group of islands Schedule 1—Geocentric Datum of Australia 1 Reference ellipsoid 2 Reference frame Schedule 2—Straight baseline points under Article 7 of the Convention Part 1—Coast of the mainland of Australia Part 2—Historic bays Part 3—Coast of the mainland of Tasmania Part 4—Islands off the coasts of the States and the Northern Territory Schedule 3—Repeals Seas and Submerged Lands (Territorial Sea Baseline) Proclamation 2006

1 Name This is the Seas and Submerged Lands (Territorial Sea Baseline) Proclamation 2016.

2 Commencement (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Provisions Commencement Date/Details 1. The whole of this instrument The day after this instrument is registered. 12 March 2016