Commonwealth waters definition

Commonwealth waters means waters beyond three nautical miles from the territorial sea baseline to the outer edge of Australia’s exclusive economic zone (i.e. all the areas not state waters as defined in the Coastal Waters (State Powers) Act 1980 (Cth) and the Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973 (Cth), or as otherwise agreed between the Commonwealth and the relevant state or territory. consensus, means in respect of a decision to be taken on an issue, that none of those persons present when the decision is taken are opposed to it, although:
Commonwealth waters means all waters, whether fresh, brackish, or marine, including but not limited to streambeds, groundwater, and wetlands, surrounding or within the Commonwealth jurisdiction, which are commensurate to state waters in the continental United States as defined in the Clean Water Act, Pub. L. No. 92-500 as amended: 33 U.S.C.
Commonwealth waters means waters within the Australian fishing zone that are –

Examples of Commonwealth waters in a sentence

  • This Agreement does not apply to clearing on Commonwealth lands or in Commonwealth waters.

  • This Agreement does not apply to proposals on Commonwealth lands or in Commonwealth waters.

  • For aircraft and other underwater cultural heritage the Act’s jurisdiction is Commonwealth waters.


More Definitions of Commonwealth waters

Commonwealth waters means waters beyond three nautical miles from the territorial sea baseline to the outer edge of Australia’s exclusive economic zone (i.e. all the areas not state waters as defined in the Coastal Waters (State Powers) ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ (Cth) and the Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973 (Cth), or as otherwise agreed between the Commonwealth and the relevant state or territory. conservation status has the same meaning as in the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth). cost-sharing means the proportional funding of a national biosecurity incident response by some or all of the parties, and is determined in accordance with item 2 of Schedule 5. eligible costs means the costs incurred when implementing a national biosecurity incident response that are over and above normal commitments and eligible for cost-sharing, and are set out in item 3 of Schedule 5.

Related to Commonwealth waters

  • Commonwealth means the Commonwealth of Australia and includes the Government for the time being thereof;

  • Commonwealth Citizen means any person who has the status of a Commonwealth citizen under the British Nationality Act 1981, not covered by the ‘UK Nationality’ definition above. This includes British Dependent Territories citizens (other than Gibraltarians), British Overseas citizens, and from 1986 those persons in the category British National (Overseas).

  • Commonwealth Minister means the local Minister within the meaning of the gas pipelines access legislation of the Commonwealth;

  • Commonwealth Act means the Workplace Relations Act 1996 of the Commonwealth;

  • Commonwealth Entity means any government body which is subject to the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ (Cth).