Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 Amendment Proclamation Ningaloo Marine Park (Commonwealth Waters) (21/07/1992) (Cth)

PROCLAMATION

Commonwealth of Australia

BILL HAYDEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency the

Governor-General of the

Commonwealth of Australia

I, WILLIAM GEORGE HAYDEN, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council after consideration by the Council of the report of the Director of National Parks and Wildlife notified in the Gazette on 27 March 1991 under subsection 7(12) of the National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1975, under subsection 7(8) of the Act amend the Proclamation under subsection 7(2) of the Act published in the Gazette on 20 May 1987 by adding at the end of clause 2 of the Schedule:

2(c)      the area bounded by an imaginary line:

(i)commencing at the point of Latitude 21^o40’00” South, Longitude 114^o00’00”East; and

(ii)running thence south along the meridian of Longitude 114^o00’00”East to its intersection by the parallel of Latitude 21^o45’00”South; and

(iii)thence west along that parallel to its intersection by the meridian of Longitude 113^o55’00”East; and

(iv)thence south along that meridian to its intersection by a line every point on which is three nautical miles seaward of the baseline; and

(v)thence generally north-easterly along that line to its intersection by the geodesic line between the points of Latitude 21^o47’00”South, Longitude 114^o19’00”East and Latitude 21^o40’00”South, Longitude 114^o13’00”East; and

(vi)thence north-westerly along the geodesic line to the point of Latitude 21^o40’00”South, Longitude 114^o13’00”East; and

(vii)thence west along the parallel of latitude 21^o40’00”South to the point of commencement.

(L.S.)

Given under my Hand and

the Great Seal of Australia

on 21 July 1992

By His Excellency’s Command,

Ros Kelly

Minister of State for the Arts, Sport,

the Environment and Territories

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!