(1) Part IIIA, and the other provisions of this Act so far as they relate to Part IIIA, extend to services provided by means of facilities that are, or
will be, wholly or partly within:

(a) an external Territory; or

(b) the offshore area in respect of a State, of the Northern Territory, or of an external Territory, as specified in section 7 of the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006.

(3) Nothing in subsection (1) affects the operation of section 15B of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 in respect of the application of Part IIIA, and of the other provisions of this Act so far as they relate to Part IIIA, in any part of:

(a) the coastal sea of Australia; or

(b) the coastal sea of an external Territory; that is on the landward side of each of the offshore areas referred to in that subsection.

(4) For the purposes of this section:

service includes proposed service covered by Division 2A of Part IIIA.

Inserted by Gas Pipelines Access (Commonwealth) Act 1998 (Act 101 of 1998)

Amended by Offshore Petroleum (Repeals and Consequential Amendments) Act 2006 (Act 17 of 2006)

Amended by Trade Practices Amendment (National Access Regime) Act 2006 (Act 92 of 2006)

Amended by Offshore Petroleum Amendment (Greenhouse Gas Storage) Act 2008 (Act 117 of 2008)

Forthcoming