Prevention of Pollution of the Sea Act(Chapter 243, Section 34)Preventionof Pollution of the Sea (Garbage) RegulationsRg 7G.N. No. S 363/1999REVISED EDITION 2001(31st May 2001)[27thAugust 1999]Citation1. These Regulations may be citedas the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea (Garbage) Regulations. Definitions2. —(1) In theseRegulations, unless the context otherwise requires — “from the nearest land”means — (a)in relation to all land other than thepart of Australia referred to in paragraph (b), from the baseline from which theterritorial sea of the territory in question is established in accordance withinternational law; or(b)in relation to the part of thenorth-eastern coast of Australia which lies between the points 11° 00’S, 142°08’E and 24° 42’S, 153° 15’E, from the nearest of the straight lines joiningconsecutively the following points: 11° 00’S, 142° 08’E; 10° 35’S, 141° 55’E; 10° 00’S, 142° 00’E; 9°10’S, 143° 52’E; 9
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