Territorial Sea, Contiguous Zone, and Exclusive Economic Zone Act 1977 Public Act 1977 No 28 Date of assent 26 September 1977 The Title of this Act was amended, as from 1 August 1996, pursuant to section 5(1) Territorial Sea and Exclusive Economic Zone Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 74) by inserting the words “, Contiguous Zone,”. Contents Page Title 3 1 Short Title and commencement 3 2 Interpretation 3 Part 1 The territorial sea of New Zealand 3 The territorial sea 7 4 Internal waters 7 5 Baseline of territorial sea 7 6 Baseline of territorial sea adjacent to bay 8 6A Straight baselines 8 7 Bed of territorial sea and internal waters vested in Crown [Repealed] 10 8 Regulations in territorial sea 10 Part 1A The contiguous zone of New Zealand 8A The contiguous zone 11 Part 2 The exclusive economic zone of New Zealand 9 The exclusive economic zone 11 10 Seas in zone to be New Zealand fisheries waters 12 11 Calculation of total allowable catch [Repealed] 13 12 Calculation of allowable catch b...