Research Materials on Submarine Cables and Law of the Sea
a) International Conventions
- International Convention for the Protection of Submarine Cables 1884
- Relevant Provisions of United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982 (UNCLOS)
- International Regulations for the Prevention of Collisions at Sea 1972 (COLREGS)
- Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts of against the Safety of Maritime Navigation 1988 (SUA)
b) Domestic Legislation
i. Australian Legislation
- Submarine Cables and Pipelines Protection Act 1963
- Schedule 3A of the Telecommunications Act 1997
- Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Protection of Submarine Cables and Other Measures) 2005
- Submarine Cable (Northern Sydney Protection Zone) Declaration 2007
- Explanatory Statement to Submarine Cable (Northern Sydney Protection Zone) Declaration 2007
- Submarine Cable (Perth Protection Zone) Declaration 2007
ii. New Zealand Legislation
- Submarine Cables and Pipelines Protection Act 1996
- Submarine Cables and Pipelines Protection Order 1992
c) International Cable Protection Committee (ICPC) Documents
- ICPC Recommendation No. 6 on Recommended Actions for Effective Cable Protection (Post Installation)
- ICPC Booklet on Fishing and Submarine Cables
d) IMO Documents
- IMO Circular No. 282 on the Prohibition of Anchoring in the Straits of Malacca and Singapore dated 27 November 2009
- Information on Ship Routeing from the IMO Website
- Amendments to the General Provisions on Ships Routeing (resolution A.572 (14))
e) Circulars issued by Port Authorities and Protection and Indemnity (P&I) Clubs on indiscriminate anchoring in the Singapore Strait
- MPA Port Marine Circular No. 5 of 2001 on Prohibition of Anchoring in the Straits of Malacca and Singapore, 1 February 2001
- MPA Notice to Mariners No. 57 of 2009 on Damage to Submarine Cables caused by ships anchoring at non-designated anchorage areas dated 1 June 2009
- Malaysia Marine Department Notice to Mariners 73/2008 on Non Anchorage Areas dated 22 October 2008
- Circular issued by the Standard Club dated 12 September 2009
- Loss Prevention Circular No. 11-09 issued by Gard Club, August 2009
f) Miscellaneous Documents
- CSCAP Memorandum No. 24 on the Safety and Security of Vital Undersea Communications Infrastructure, 2014
- CIMA/COLP Workshop Report on Submarine Cables, Beijing, 7 – 8 May 2009
- 2002 ASEAN-China Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea
- Maps of Overlapping Boundary Claims in the South China Sea
- Map of the Singapore Strait showing the location of Submarine Cables
- Cable Fault Statistics in the Singapore Strait for 2008 and 2009
g) Background Power Point Presentations
- Overview of Submarine Cable Route Planning & Cable Route Survey Activities by Graham Evans, Director, EGS Survey Group
- Causes of Cable Faults and Repairs in Regional Seas by Stephen Drew, Executive Committee Member, ICPC
- Undersea Cables in the East China Sea by Robert Wargo, Vice Chairman, ICPC
- UNCLOS and Submarine Cables by Douglas Burnett, Legal Advisor, ICPC
- The Legal Framework on Permitting for Submarine Cables by Robert Beckman, Head, Ocean Law and Policy Programme, CIL
- Submarine Cables: A Critically Important but Neglected Area of the Law of the Sea by Robert Beckman, Head, Ocean Law and Policy Programme, CIL