REPUBLIC OF NAURU

INTERPRETATION (AMENDMENT) ACT 1997

(No.		of 1997)

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

1. Short Title
2. The Principal Act
3. Amendment of Section 2 of the Principal Act

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AN ACT

To amend the Interpretation Act 1971.

Be it enacted by the Parliament of Nauru as follows:

SHORT TITLE

1. This Act may be cited as the Interpretation (Amendment) Act 1997.

THE PRINCIPAL ACT

2. In this Act "the Principal Act" means the Interpretation Act 1971.

AMENDMENT OF SECTION 2 OF THE PRINCIPAL ACT

3. Subsection (1) of section 2 of the Principal Act is amended -

(a) by inserting in their correct alphabetical positions in the series of definitions in that subsection the following new definitions-

'contiguous zone' means the contiguous zone established by the Sea Boundaries Act 1997;

'continental shelf' means the continental shelf described under the Sea Boundaries Act 1997;

'exclusive economic zone' means the exclusive economic zone established by or under the Sea Boundaries Act 1997;

'internal waters' means the internal waters described under the Sea Boundaries Act 1997;

'territorial sea' means the waters which comprise the territorial sea in accordance with the Sea Boundaries Act 1997; and

(b) by repealing the definition of "Nauru" and replacing it with the following new definition-

"'Nauru' means the Island of Nauru together with the internal waters and the territorial sea, the bed and subsoil beneath the internal waters and the territorial sea, and the airspace above the Island, the internal waters and the territorial sea";

(c) by deleting the definition of "territorial waters".

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