Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2021

Amendment of Dumping At Sea Act 1996

28. Section 1 of the Dumping At Sea Act 1996 is amended—

(a) by the deletion of “ ‘exclusive economic zone of the State’ and ‘inland waters and territorial seas of the State’ have the meanings assigned to them by Part 3 of the Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006 ;”,

(b) by the insertion of the following definitions:

“‘exclusive economic zone of the State’ has the same meaning as it has in the Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2021;

‘inland waters of the State’ shall be construed in accordance with section 8 of the Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2021;

‘territorial sea of the State’ has the same meaning as it has in the Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2021;”,

and

(c) in the definition of “the maritime area”—

(i) in clause (I), by the substitution of “territorial sea” for “territorial seas”, and

(ii) by the substitution of the following for clause (II):

“(II) a designated area within the meaning of the Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2021,and”.