• Summary

This legal document contains the English version of Australia’s Proclamation of the inner limits (the baseline) of 1983, pursuant to section 7 of the Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973, promulgated on 4 February 1983. The documents include the term definition and regulations regarding the definition of the basepoints, territorial sea baseline, and internal water of Australia, including the mainland of Australia, the State of Tasmania, and islands off the coast of the States and the Northern Territory. Both low-water baseline and straight baseline are used as stated in the document.

Specific coordinates constituting the baseline of the three areas are mentioned above are listed in Tables 1, 2, and 3 respectively.

• Document: Australia Proclamation of the inner limits (the baseline), 4 February 1983, pursuant to section 7 of the Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973
• Related Documents:
  • Australia Proclamation of Outer Limits (Torres Strait) of 4 February 1983, pursuant to section 7 of the Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973
  • Australia Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973, as amended by the Maritime Legislation Amendment Act 1994