Crimes at Sea Act 2000. Country/Territory Australia Document type Legislation Date 2000 (2019) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Act to give effect to a cooperative scheme for dealing with crimes at sea, and for other purposes. Subject Sea Keyword Offences/penalties Enforcement/compliance Geographical area Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Indian Ocean, Oceania, South Pacific Abstract The purposes of this Act are: (a) to give legal force to a legislative and administrative scheme (the "cooperative scheme") for applying and enforcing criminal law in the areas adjacent to the coast of Australia set out in Schedule 1 (so far as it depends on the legislative power of the Commonwealth) and to provide for consequential vesting of judicial and other powers; and (b) to provide for the application of Australian criminal law in certain cases beyond the are a covered by the scheme. To the extent that it lies within the legislative competence of the Commonwealth to give the cooperative scheme the force of law, it has the force of law. Section 6 deals with Application of Australian criminal law outside the adjacent area which means the whole of the area to which the cooperative scheme applies. Full text English Website www.legislation.gov.au References - Legislation Repeals Crimes at Sea Act 1979. Legislation | Australia | 1979 (1999) Keyword: Territorial sea, Offences/penalties, Enforcement/compliance Source: FAO, FAOLEX Implemented by Crimes at Sea Regulations 2002 (SR 327 of 2002). Legislation | Australia | 2002 Keyword: Offences/penalties, Enforcement/compliance Source: FAO, FAOLEX