Fisheries Management (Excepted Waters) Proclamation 2011 (Cth)

Fisheries Management (Excepted Waters) Proclamation 2011¹

Fisheries Management Act 1991

I, QUENTIN BRYCE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make this Proclamation under section 11 of the Fisheries Management Act 1991.

Signed and sealed with the
Great Seal of Australia
on 1 September 2011

QUENTIN BRYCE
Governor-General

By Her Excellency’s Command

MIKE KELLY

Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

Name of Proclamation

This Proclamation is the Fisheries Management (Excepted Waters) Proclamation 2011.

Commencement

This Proclamation commences on the day after it is registered.

Definitions

In this Proclamation:

AGD66, short for Australian Geodetic Datum 1966, means the coordinate system for Australia, published by the Department of National Development, National Mapping Council, in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, No. 84, dated 6 October 1966.

nautical mile means an international nautical mile, being 1 852 metres.

Treaty means the Treaty between Australia and the Independent State of Papua New Guinea concerning sovereignty and maritime boundaries in the area between the two countries, including the area known as Torres Strait, and related matters, done at Sydney on 18 December 1978.

WGS84, short for World Geodetic System 1984, means the geodetic reference system defined by the US National Imagery and Mapping Agency, Technical Report — NIMA TR8350.2 Third Edition (including amendments to 23 June 2004) — Department of Defence World Geodetic System 1984 — Its Definition and Relationships with Local Geodetic Systems, in particular Chapters 2.2.1 and 7.

Excepted waters — Torres Strait

(1) For section 11 of the Fisheries Management Act 1991, excepted waters, for the Torres Strait, include all waters contained within the line:

(a) commencing at the intersection of the westernmost boundary of the Protected Zone, under Annex 9 of the Treaty, by the Fisheries Jurisdiction Line, under Annex 8 of the Treaty; and

(b) from the intersection mentioned in paragraph (a), generally north‑easterly, north, north-easterly, easterly, south-easterly, easterly, south, easterly, north-easterly, easterly and south-easterly, along the Fisheries Jurisdiction Line to its intersection by the easternmost boundary of the Protected Zone; and

(c) from the intersection mentioned in paragraph (b), generally south, south-westerly, west and north along the Protected Zone boundary line, to the point of commencement.

(2) Part 1 of Schedule 1:

(a) describes the geographic coordinates for intersection points and specific lines mentioned in subsection (1), in terms of WGS84; and

(b) is the authoritative transformation between AGD66, used in the Treaty, and WGS84.

Note 1 The points are defined by the conversion from AGD66 to the Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994 (GDA94) and from GDA94 to the International Terrestrial Reference Frame 2000 (ITRF00), which is deemed to be equivalent to WGS84.

Note 2 See the diagram in Part 2 of Schedule 1 for a general illustration of the line specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1.

(3) For this Proclamation:

(a) reliance on the information provided in Part 1 of Schedule 1 is evidence of any matter relating to the area of the excepted waters of the Torres Strait; and

(b) the location of a point mentioned in Part 1 of Schedule 1 is determined by the geographic coordinates, and by reference to the geodetic datum.

Excepted waters — Australian Antarctic Territory

For section 11 of the Fisheries Management Act 1991, excepted waters, for the Australian Antarctic Territory, include all waters within 200 nautical miles seaward of the territorial sea baselines of the Australian Antarctic Territory established under international law.

Guide to reading Part 1 of Schedule 1

In Part 1 of Schedule 1:

(a) lines are specified by reference to points; and

(b) the columns of an item in a table in which a point is specified set out information about the point; and

(c) the information about the point states:

(i) the point identifier shown in the first column of an item in the table; and

(ii) the geographic coordinates for the point; and

(iii) a treaty point reference, which is a reference to how the point is referred to in the Treaty.

Note The point identifier is sometimes used in this Proclamation to refer to the point.

Schedule 1 Geographic coordinates and diagram

(subsection 4 (2))

Part 1 References to certain points by geographic coordinates

1. For subsection 4 (2), excepted waters, for the Torres Strait, includes all waters contained within the line:

(a) commencing at point TS-EW-01 in the following table and running along the geodesic sequentially connecting each point in the table and ending at the last point mentioned (TS-EW-18):

Point identifier

Latitude

Longitude

Treaty point reference

TS-EW-01 10° 10¢ 23.41²S 141° 20¢ 03.99²E Intersection of PZ by FJL

TS-EW-02 09° 45¢ 54.63²S 142° 00¢ 04.01²E Annex 8 (d)

TS-EW-03 09° 45¢ 18.63²S 142° 03¢ 34.01²E Annex 8 (e)

TS-EW-04 09° 15¢ 37.65²S 142° 03¢ 33.99²E Annex 8 (f)

TS-EW-05 09° 12¢ 44.65²S 142° 06¢ 28.99²E Annex 8 (g)

TS-EW-06 09° 11¢ 45.64²S 142° 08¢ 37.00²E Annex 8 (h)

TS-EW-07 09° 11¢ 52.64²S 142° 10¢ 22.00²E Annex 8 (i)

TS-EW-08 09° 11¢ 16.63²S 142° 12¢ 58.00²E Annex 8 (j)

TS-EW-09 09° 11¢ 28.63²S 142° 14¢ 12.00²E Annex 8 (k)

TS-EW-10 09° 13¢ 47.62²S 142° 16¢ 30.01²E Annex 8 (l)

TS-EW-11 09° 15¢ 58.61²S 142° 20¢ 45.01²E Annex 8 (m)

TS-EW-12 09° 21¢ 58.60²S 142° 29¢ 45.02²E Annex 8 (n)

TS-EW-13 09° 21¢ 42.60²S 142° 31¢ 33.02²E Annex 8 (o)

TS-EW-14 09° 22¢ 27.59²S 142° 33¢ 32.02²E Annex 8 (p)

TS-EW-15 09° 21¢ 19.60²S 142° 35¢ 33.01²E Annex 8 (q)

TS-EW-16 09° 20¢ 15.60²S 142° 41¢ 47.01²E Annex 8 (r)

TS-EW-17 09° 20¢ 10.60²S 142° 43¢ 57.00²E Annex 8 (s)

TS-EW-18 09° 19¢ 20.61²S 142° 48¢ 21.99²E Annex 8 (t) Annex 1, point 15

(b) from there clockwise along the outer limit of the 3 nautical mile territorial sea of Saibai Island, being a series of intersecting arcs of circles having a radius of 3 nautical miles and drawn successively from the following points:

Point identifier

Latitude

Longitude

Treaty point reference

TS-EW-19 09° 22¢ 18.60²S 142° 47¢ 53.00²E Annex 3 (c) (i)

TS-EW-20 09° 22¢ 22.60²S 142° 47¢ 57.00²E Annex 3 (c) (ii)

TS-EW-21 09° 22¢ 33.60²S 142° 48¢ 01.00²E Annex 3 (c) (iii)

TS-EW-22 09° 22¢ 42.60²S 142° 48¢ 04.00²E Annex 3 (c) (iv)

TS-EW-23 09° 22¢ 52.60²S 142° 48¢ 05.00²E Annex 3 (c) (v)

TS-EW-24 09° 22¢ 56.60²S 142° 48¢ 05.00²E Annex 3 (c) (vi)

Point identifier	Latitude	Longitude	Treaty point reference
TS-EW-19	09° 22¢ 18.60²S	142° 47¢ 53.00²E	Annex 3 (c) (i)
TS-EW-20	09° 22¢ 22.60²S	142° 47¢ 57.00²E	Annex 3 (c) (ii)
TS-EW-21	09° 22¢ 33.60²S	142° 48¢ 01.00²E	Annex 3 (c) (iii)
TS-EW-22	09° 22¢ 42.60²S	142° 48¢ 04.00²E	Annex 3 (c) (iv)
TS-EW-23	09° 22¢ 52.60²S	142° 48¢ 05.00²E	Annex 3 (c) (v)
TS-EW-24	09° 22¢ 56.60²S	142° 48¢ 05.00²E	Annex 3 (c) (vi)

Note The points above are certain territorial sea base points for the Australian territorial sea enclave for the islands of Dauan, Kaumag and Saibai.

(c) to the point:

Point identifier

Latitude

Longitude

Treaty point reference

TS-EW-25 09° 23¢ 34.61²S 142° 51¢ 03.99²E Annex 8 (u)

(d) from there along the geodesics sequentially connecting the points in the following table:

Point identifier

Latitude

Longitude

Treaty point reference

TS-EW-26 09° 40¢ 24.60²S 142° 51¢ 04.00²E Annex 8 (v)

TS-EW-27 09° 39¢ 54.61²S 143° 00¢ 03.98²E Annex 8 (w)

TS-EW-28 09° 32¢ 54.63²S 143° 05¢ 03.96²E Annex 8 (x)

TS-EW-29 09° 32¢ 54.66²S 143° 20¢ 03.92²E Annex 8 (y)

TS-EW-30 09° 23¢ 54.68²S 143° 30¢ 03.90²E Annex 8 (z)

TS-EW-31 09° 21¢ 54.67²S 143° 48¢ 03.89²E Annex 8 (za)

TS-EW-32 09° 29¢ 54.67²S 144° 15¢ 03.87²E Annex 8 (zb)

TS-EW-33 09° 39¢ 20.12²S 144° 28¢ 03.86²E Intersection of FJL by PZ

TS-EW-34 09° 53¢ 54.65²S 144° 28¢ 03.87²E Annex 9 (o)

TS-EW-35 10° 14¢ 54.65²S 144° 12¢ 03.88²E Annex 9 (p)

TS-EW-36 10° 27¢ 54.64²S 144° 10¢ 03.89²E Annex 9 (a)

(e) from there along the loxodrome to the point:

Point identifier

Latitude

Longitude

Treaty point reference

TS-EW-37 10° 27¢ 54.68²S 141° 20¢ 03.99²E Annex 9 (b)

(f) from there to the point of commencement.

2. In item 1:

FJL is short for the Fisheries Jurisdiction Line, under Annex 8 of the Treaty.

PZ is short for the Protected Zone, under Annex 9 of the Treaty.

Part 2 Diagram illustrating excepted waters for the Torres Strait

Note

1. All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See

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