Section 1 — The Agreement

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

This version in force from 2026-02-12

Snapshot: 2026-08-24

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(1) In this Act, “the Agreement” means the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction, opened for signature at New York on 20 September 2023.

(2) For the purposes of this Act, the following terms have the meanings that they have in the Agreement (see Article 1)— “areas beyond national jurisdiction”, and “marine genetic resources”.