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Abstract
Part 1 of these two articles set out the genesis of the Australian offshore laws and proceeded through their history and development, including the Offshore Constitutional Settlement 1979 (OCS 1979). Part 1 went into the detail of Australian laws as they developed, but this Part in the main addresses more general aspects and is concerned with the current state of the laws. It commences by describing the international zones that apply offshore and which govern the jurisdiction and laws of every coastal State. It then details how the Australian laws actually deal with the various offshore areas and, after describing how the laws deal with particular offshore activities, it draws some conclusions.