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Underseas Mineral Resources Act 1963.

Country/Territory
Australia
Territorial subdivision
Victoria
Document type
Legislation
Date
1963 (2006)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Act to make provision with respect to the exploration and exploitation of the mineral resources of the sea bed and the subsoil in certain waters within and beyond the territorial limits of Victoria, and for other purposes.
Subject
Mineral resources, Sea
Keyword
Exploration Maritime zone Minerals Mining Deep sea bed Authorization/permit
Geographical area
Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Indian Ocean, Oceania, South Pacific
Abstract

This Act concerns the exploration and exploitation of mineral resources of the seabed and subsoil in certain waters within and beyond the territorial limits of Victoria. Under section 2, “For the purpose of encouraging the exploration and exploitation of the mineral resources of the sea bed and its subsoil it is hereby declared that the provisions of the Mineral Resources Development Act 1990 extend and apply and shall be deemed to have always extended and applied to the sea bed and its subsoil within the territorial limits of Victoria and to those parts of the sea bed and its subsoil of the submarine areas outside such territorial limits to which the jurisdiction and legislative power of the State of Victoria extends in the same manner and to the same extent as if such sea bed and subsoil were land within Victoria”.

Full text
English
Website
www.legislation.vic.gov.au