PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Interpretation (Amendment) Act 2015.

No.52 of 2015.

Certified on: 23 NOV 2016
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
1	Laws to operate within boundaries, airspace, ships and aircraft (Amendment of Section 2A).
2	Interpretation of terms (Amendment of Section 3).

No.52 of 2015.

AN ACT

entitled
Interpretation (Amendment) Act 2015,
Being an Act to amend the Interpretation Act (Chapter 2),
MADE by the National Parliament.
1	LAWS TO OPERATE WITHIN BOUNDARIES, AIRSPACE, SHIPS AND AIRCRAFT (AMENDMENT OF SECTION 2A). 
Sections 2A of the Principal Act is amended -
(a) 	in Subsection (1)(b) by deleting the words " internal waters and territorial sea" and replacing them with following new words:
	"waters of Papua New Guinea"; and
(b) 	in Subsection (1)(c) by deleting the coma and the words "the internal waters and territorial sea" and replacing them with the following new words:
	"and the waters of Papua New Guinea".
2	INTERPRETATION OF TERMS (AMENDMENT OF SECTION 3).
Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended in Subsection (1) ‑
(a) 	by adding the following new definitions in alphabetical order:
	""archipelagic waters" has the meaning given to that term by the Maritime Zones Act 2015;
	"coastal waters" has the meaning given to it by the Maritime Zones Act 2015; 
	"contiguous zone" has the meaning given to that term by the Maritime Zones Act 2015;
	"continental shelf" has the meaning given to that term by the Maritime Zones Act 2015;
	"exclusive economic zone" has the meaning given to that term by the Maritime Zones Act 2015;
	"extended continental shelf has the meaning given to that term by the Maritime Zones Act 2015;
	"foreshore" means the area between the mean high water springs level of the sea and the lowest astronomical tide;
	"internal waters" has the meaning given to that term by the Maritime Zones Act 2015;
	"low water elevation" means a naturally formed area of land surrounded by and above water at mean low water springs but submerged at high water;
	"Papua New Guinea", when referring to an area, means the land area of Papua New Guinea, the internal waters and territorial sea, the seabed of the territorial sea and the superjacent airspace of that land area, waters or sea;
	"waters of Papua New Guinea" has the meaning given to that term by the Maritime Zones Act 2015;" and
(b) 	by deleting the definition of "internal waters" and replacing it with the following new definition:
	"internal waters" has the meaning given to that term by the Maritime Zones Act 2015;"; and
(c) 	by deleting the definition of "territorial sea" and replacing it with the following new definition:
	"territorial sea" has the meaning given to that term by the Maritime Zones Act 2015;".
I hereby certify that the above is a fair print of the Interpretation (Amendment) Act 2015 which has been made by the National Parliament.
Acting Clerk of the National Parliament. 23 NOV 2016
I hereby certify that the Interpretation (Amendment) Act 2015 was made by the National Parliament on 3 June, 2015.
Acting Speaker of the National Parliament 23 NOV 2016.