Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2021

Amendment of National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994

27. The National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994 is amended—

(a) in section 1(1)—

(i) in the definition of “ ‘water’ or ‘waters’”, by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (d):

“(d) the waters of the contiguous zone.”,

and

(ii) by the insertion of the following definition:

“ ‘contiguous zone’ has the same meaning as it has in the Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2021;”,

and

(b) in section 2(1), by the insertion of “(other than in the contiguous zone)” after “the ownership of any archaeological object found in the State”.