Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973. Country/Territory Australia Document type Legislation Date 1973 (2019) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Act relating to Sovereignty in respect of certain Waters of the Sea and in respect of the Airspace over, and the Sea-bed and Subsoil beneath, those Waters and to Sovereign Rights in respect of the Continental Shelf and the Exclusive Economic Zone and to certain rights of control in respect of the Contiguous Zone. Subject Sea Keyword Maritime zone Territorial sea Continental shelf EEZ-Exclusive Economic Zone Sovereignty Geographical area Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Indian Ocean, Oceania, South Pacific Abstract An Act to vest sovereignty in respect of the territorial sea and sovereign rights in respect of the Continental Shelf of Australia in the Crown. Full text English Website www.austlii.edu.au; www.legislation.gov.au References - Legislation Implemented by Proclamation of 26 July 1994, under section 10B of the Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973 and section 4 of the Interpretation Act 1901. Legislation | Australia | 1994 Keyword: Maritime zone, EEZ-Exclusive Economic Zone Source: FAO, FAOLEX Proclamation (in virtue of section 10B of the Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973 and section 4 of the Interpretation Act 1901). Legislation | Australia | 1994 Keyword: EEZ-Exclusive Economic Zone, Maritime zone, Sovereignty Source: FAO, FAOLEX Proclamation of 4 February 1983( Proclamation of the Inner Limits (the Baseline)) pursuant to section 7 of the Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973 Legislation | Australia | 1983 Keyword: Maritime zone, Territorial sea Source: FAO, FAOLEX Proclamation of 4 February 1983 (Proclamation of the Outer Limits (Torres Strait)) pursuant to section 7 of the Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973 Legislation | Australia | 1983 Keyword: Maritime zone, Territorial sea Source: FAO, FAOLEX Proclamation of 9 November 1990, pursuant to section 7 of the Seas and Submerged lands Act 1973 Legislation | Australia | 1990 Keyword: Maritime zone, Territorial sea Source: FAO, FAOLEX Proclamation of 19 March 1987, pursuant to section 8 of the Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973. Legislation | Australia | 1987 Keyword: Maritime zone, Territorial sea Source: FAO, FAOLEX Seas and Submerged Lands (Limits of Continental Shelf) Proclamation 2012. Legislation | Australia | 2012 Keyword: Maritime zone, Continental shelf, Sovereignty Source: FAO, FAOLEX Amended by Maritime Legislation Amendment Act 1994 (No. 20). Legislation | Australia | 1994 Keyword: Maritime zone, EEZ-Exclusive Economic Zone, Continental shelf Source: FAO, FAOLEX