Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 Proclamation Lihou Reef National Nature Reserve (03/08/1982) (Cth)

PROCLAMATION

Commonwealth of   By His Excellency the

Australia   Governor-General of

N. M. STEPHEN   the Commonwealth of

Governor-General   Australia

WHEREAS it is provided by sub-section (2) of section 7 of the National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1975 that, amongst other things, the Governor-General may, by Proclamation, declare an area specified in the Proclamation to be a reserve and assign a name to that reserve.

AND WHEREAS it is provided by sub-section (11) of that section that the Governor-General shall not make a Proclamation under that section, other than a Proclamation in relation to certain land or sea in the Northern Territory of Australia referred to in sub-section (11A) of that section, except after consideration by the Federal Executive Council of a report by the Director of National Parks and Wildlife in relation to the matter dealt with by the Proclamation.

AND WHEREAS the Federal Executive Council has considered a report by the Director of National Parks and Wildlife in relation to the declaration of the area specified in the Schedule to be a reserve.

NOW THEREFORE I, Sir Ninian Martin Stephen, the Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby

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

(b)        assign to that reserve the name ‘Lihou Reef National Nature Reserve’; and

(c)        for the purposes of paragraphs (6) (a) and (c) of that section, specify a depth of 1,000 metres.

SCHEDULE

Lihou Reef National Nature Reserve

The area the boundary of which

1. commences at the point of Longitude 151^o8’East Latitude 17^o54’South;

1. runs thence north along the meridian of Longitude 151^o8’East to its intersection by the parallel of Latitude 17^o21’South;

1. runs thence north-easterly along the geodesic to the point of Longitude 151^o54’East Latitude 16^o57’South;

1. runs thence east along the parallel of Latitude 16^o57’South to its intersection by the meridian of Longitude 152^o20’East;

1. runs thence south along the last-mentioned meridian to its intersection by the parallel of Latitude 17^o27’South; and

1. runs thence south-westerly along the geodesic to the point of commencement.

(L.S.) GIVEN under my Hand and

the Great Seal of Australia

on 3 August 1982.

By His Excellency’s Command.

D. T. McVEIGH

Minister of State for

Home Affairs and Environment

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