Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 Amendment Proclamation Ningaloo Marine Park (Commonwealth Waters) (14/08/2003) (Cth)

PROCLAMATION

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, and under subsection 350(1) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, amend the Proclamation made under subsection 7(2) of the National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1975 and published in the Gazette No. GN3 of 20 May 1987 establishing Ningaloo Marine Park (Commonwealth Waters), as amended by the Proclamation made under subsection 7(8) of the National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1975 and published in the Gazette No GN31 of 5 August 1992, by omitting the schedule to that Proclamation and substituting the schedule to this Proclamation.

Signed and sealed with the

Great Seal of Australia

on   14 AUG 2003

P.M. JEFFERY

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command

David Kemp

David Kemp

Minister for the Environment and Heritage

SCHEDULE

(Commonwealth Waters)Park Marine Ningaloo

All the area within the Indian Ocean, excluding any coastal waters* in relation to the State of Western Australia, contained within and bounded as follows**:

(i)     commencing at the point of latitude 21 degrees 39 minutes 55.36 seconds south, longitude 114 degrees 00 minutes 4.72 seconds east;

(ii)     then generally southwest along the geodesic to the point of latitude 21 degrees 46 minutes 55.37 seconds south, longitude 113 degrees 50 minutes 4.73 seconds east;

(iii)    then generally southwest along the geodesic to the point of latitude 22 degrees 39 minutes 55.39 seconds south, longitude 113 degrees 29 minutes 4.76 seconds east;

(iv)    then generally southeast along the geodesic to the point of latitude 22 degrees 56 minutes 55.39 seconds south, longitude 113 degrees 37 minutes 4.75 seconds east;

(v)    then generally southwest along the geodesic to the point of latitude 23 degrees 05 minutes 55.4 seconds south, longitude 113 degrees 34 minutes 4.76 seconds east;

(vi)    then south along the meridian of longitude 113 degrees 34 minutes 4.76 seconds east to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 23 degrees 33 minutes 55.42 seconds south;

(vii)   then east along the parallel of latitude 23 degrees 33 minutes 55.42 seconds south to its intersection with the seaward limit of the coastal waters of Western Australia;

(viii)  then generally north along the seaward limits of the coastal waters to its intersection with the geodesic line between the points of latitude 21 degrees 46 minutes 55.36 seconds south, longitude 114 degrees 19 minutes 4.69 seconds east and latitude 21 degrees 39 minutes 55.36 seconds south, longitude 114 degrees 13 minutes 4.7 seconds east;

(ix)    then generally northwest along the geodesic to the point of latitude 21 degrees 39 minutes 55.36 seconds south, longitude 114 degrees 13 minutes 4.7 seconds east; and

(x)    then west along the parallel of latitude 21 degrees 39 minutes 55.36 seconds to the point of commencement.

*       The coastal waters are defined in relation to each State and the Northern Territory by the Coastal Waters (State Powers) Act 1980 and Coastal Waters (Northern Territory Powers) Act 1980.

**     All geographic coordinates are expressed in terms of the Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994 (GDA94) as described in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette GN35 of 6 September 1995.