Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 Proclamation Great Australian Bight Marine Park (Commonwealth Waters) (17/04/1998) (Cth)

National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1975

PROCLAMATION

I, WILLIAM PATRICK DEANE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of

Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, under subsection 7(2)

of the National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1975:

(a)declare the area specified in the Schedule to be a park; and

(b)assign to the park the name “Great Australian Bight Marine Park (Commonwealth Waters)”; and

(c)specify that the subsoil to the depth of 1,000 metres below the surface of any

sea-bed within the declared area to be within the park.

Signed and sealed with the

Great Seal of Australia

17 April 1998

WILLIAM DEANE

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command

Robert Hill

Minister for the Environment

SCHEDULE

AREA OF THE GREAT AUSTRALIAN BIGHT MARINE PARK

(COMMONWEALTH WATERS)

The area bounded by a line beginning at latitude 31^o 47’south, longitude 129^o east

and running;

• from there north along the meridian to its intersection with the

parallel of latitude 31^o 44’ 34”south; and

• from there generally easterly along the line, every point on which is 3

nautical miles seaward of the baseline from which the territorial sea

of Australia is measured, to its intersection with the parallel of

latitude 31^o 47’south; and

• from there west along that parallel to its intersection with the

meridian of longitude 130^o 51’ 58” east; and

• from there south along that meridian to its intersection with the outer

limit of the Australian Exclusive Economic Zone at the parallel of latitude

35^o 56’ 21” south; and

• from there generally north-westerly along that outer limit to latitude

35^o 10’ 34” south, longitude 130^o 28’ 02” east; and

• from there north along that meridian to its intersection with the parallel

of latitude 31^o 47’ south; and

• from there west along that parallel to the point where the line began.

All coordinates are referred to the Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994 (GDA94).