Offshore Constitutional Settlement

The Offshore Constitutional Settlement (OCS) is an agreement between the Commonwealth of Australia and the States which provides the basis for an agreed division of powers between the Commonwealth and the States in relation to coastal waters and in relation to certain other matters including the regulation of shipping and navigation, offshore petroleum exploration, crimes at sea, and fisheries. == History == === Convention on Territorial Sea and Contiguous Zone 1958 === The United Nations treaty, the Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone defines "the contiguous zone" as not extending beyond "twelve miles from which the baseline from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured." === Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973 === The Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973 incorporates the Convention on Territorial Sea and Contiguous Zone 1958 in domestic law.

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