Intergovernmental Agreement Crimes at Sea (Cth)

INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT CRIMES AT SEA

This Agreement is made on 29 November 2019

Between

The Commonwealth of Australia The State of New South Wales The State of Victoria The State of Queensland The State of Western Australia The State of South Australia The State of Tasmania The Northern Territory

GIVEN THAT

(a) the Commonwealth and the States have agreed to a cooperative scheme to apply the criminal law of the States extraterritorially in the areas adjacent to the coast of Australia; and

(b) the cooperative scheme is given the force of law by the following laws: (i) Crimes at Sea Act 2000 (Commonwealth); (ii) Crimes at Sea Act 1998 (New South Wales); (iii) Crimes at Sea Act 1999 (Victoria); (iv) Crimes at Sea Act 2001 (Queensland); (v) Crimes at Sea Act 2000 (Western Australia); (vi) Crimes at Sea Act 1998 (South Australia); (vii) Crimes at Sea Act 1999 (Tasmania); (viii) Crimes at Sea Act 2000 (Northern Territory); and

(c) clause 5 of the cooperative scheme authorises the making of an intergovernmental agreement providing for the division of responsibility for administering and enforcing the law relating to crimes at sea.

THE COMMONWEALTH AND THE STATES AGREE AS FOLLOWS

1 Definitions

In this Agreement:

adjacent area means an area where the law of a State is applied by Commonwealth law.

adjacent state, in relation to an adjacent area, means the State whose laws are applied to that area by Commonwealth law.

applied laws, in relation to a State, means the substantive and procedural laws applied to the State by clauses 2 and 3 of the cooperative scheme.