• Summary

This legal document contains Australia’s Seas and Submerged Lands (Territorial Sea Baseline) Proclamation of 10 March 2016.

This Proclamation provides the definition, legal basis, and coordinates constituting the territorial sea straight baselines for the mainland of Australia, the mainland of Tasmania, islands off the coast of the States or the Northern Territory, and the four historic bays (Anxious, Encounter, Lacepede, Rivoli) as provided under Article 7 of UNCLOS.

This Proclamation excludes certain islands comprised within the State of Queensland, which were provided in Australia’s Proclamation of Outer Limits 1983

• Document: Seas and Submerged Lands (Territorial Sea Baseline) Proclamation 2016
• Related Document:
  • Australia Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973, as amended by the Maritime Legislation Amendment Act 1994
  • Australia Seas and Submerged Lands (Historic Bays) Proclamation of 10 March 2016