PART II
                THE EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE OF NEW ZEALAND

   9. The exclusive economic zone---(1) The exclusive economic zone of
 New Zealand comprises those areas of the sea, seabed, and subsoil that
 are beyond and adjacent to the territorial sea of New Zealand, having as
 their outer limits a line measured seaward from the baseline described
 in sections 5 and 6 of this Act, every point of which line is distant
 200 nautical miles from the nearest point of the baseline.

   (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, where---
   (a) Any part of the median line between New Zealand and any other
         country is less than 200 nautical miles from the nearest part of
         the baseline of the territorial sea of New Zealand; and
   (b) No other outer limit of the exclusive economic zone is for the
         time being determined by an Order in Council made under
         subsection (3) or subsection (4) of this section---

 that part of the median line shall be an outer limit of the zone.

   (3) The Governor-General may from time to time, by Order in Council,
 declare that any specified provisions of this Part of this Act, and any
 other specified provisions in this Act relating to the exclusive
 economic zone, shall apply to the Ross Dependency, with such
 modifications and exceptions (if any) as he may specify in the Order.

   (4) For the purposes of implementing any international agreement, or
 the arbitral award of any international body, or the judgment of any
 international Court, or for any other purpose in accordance with
 international law, the Governor-General may from time to time, by Order
 in Council, declare that the exclusive economic zone shall not extend to
 any specified area of the sea, seabed, or subsoil, that would otherwise
 be included within the exclusive economic zone by virtue of this
 section.