Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) For the purposes of this Act, where:
(a) an overseas sea installation has been installed in an adjacent area or in a coastal area; and
(b) pratique has been granted to the installation or the installation has been released from quarantine;
the installation shall, subject to subsection (3), be deemed to be part of Australia.
(2) For the purposes of this Act, a sea installation that:
(a) not being an overseas sea installation, becomes installed in an adjacent area or in a coastal area after the commencement of this subsection; or
(b) is installed in an adjacent area or in a coastal area at the commencement of this subsection;
shall, subject to subsection (3), be deemed to be part of Australia.
(3) A sea installation that is deemed to be part of Australia because of the operation of this section, shall, for the purposes of this Act, cease to be part of Australia if:
(a) the installation is detached from its location for the purpose of being taken to a place outside the outer limits of Australian waters; or
(b) after having been detached from its location otherwise than for the purpose referred to in paragraph (a), the installation is moved for the purpose of being taken to a place outside the outer limits of Australian waters.