Determination Prohibiting Use of Vessels Cartier Island Marine Park and Part of the Ashmore Reef Marine Park

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Regulations 2000

Subregulation 12.56(2)

DETERMINATION PROHIBITING USE OF VESSELS

CARTIER ISLAND MARINE PARK AND PART OF THE ASHMORE REEF MARINE PARK

I, JASON MUNDY, Acting Director of National Parks, under subregulation 12.56(2) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Regulations 2000, HEREBY DETERMINE that each of the following areas:

1. Cartier Island Marine Park, being the area specified in the Schedule 1 hereto; and
2. the Sanctuary Zone of Ashmore Reef Marine Park, being the area specified in Schedule 2 and shown on the maps in Schedule 3 hereto,

is an area of water where the use of vessels is prohibited at all times, except for vessels of the Commonwealth of Australia and its agents:

AND I HEREBY REVOKE:

1. the determination made on 14 December 2013 prohibiting use of vessels in Cartier Island Marine Park, notified in the Gazette (C2013G01947) and published on 19 December 2013; and
2. the determination made on 14 December 2013 prohibiting the use of vessels in Ashmore Reef Marine Park, notified in the Gazette (C2013G01945) and published on 19 December 2013.

Dated this 27 th day of June 2018

SIGNED

Jason Mundy

SCHEDULE 1

Cartier Island Marine Park

All the area of land and Australian coastal sea enclosed within the circumference of a circle of radius 4 nautical miles, the centre of which is on an island in the Indian Ocean known as Cartier Island at latitude 12°31'50.8" South and longitude 123°33' 18.8" East.

Note: 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.

SCHEDULE 2

Ashmore Reef Marine Park Sanctuary Zone (IUCN 1a)

All that part of Ashmore Reef Marine Park being outside the area bounded by the line:

(a)        commencing at the point of Latitude 12° 09′ 55″ South, Longitude 123° 00′ 04.5″ East;

(b)        from there southerly along the geodesic to the point of Latitude 12° 12′ 51″ South, Longitude 122° 59′ 36″ East;

(c)        from there south-easterly along the geodesic to the point of Latitude 12° 13′ 06″ South, Longitude 123° 00′ 26″ East;

(d)        from there east along the parallel of Latitude 12° 13′ 06″ South, to its intersection by the meridian of Longitude 123° 00′ 44″ East;

(e)        from there south along that meridian to its intersection by the parallel of Latitude 12° 13′ 13″ South;

(f)          from there south-westerly along the geodesic to the point of Latitude 12° 13′ 23″ South, Longitude 123° 00′ 26″ East;

(g)        from there south along the meridian of Longitude 123° 00′ 26″ East, to its intersection by the parallel of Latitude 12° 13′ 44″ South;

(h)        from there east along that parallel to its intersection by the meridian of Longitude 123° 01′ 15″ East;

(i)          from there south-westerly along the geodesic to the point of Latitude 12° 14′ 33″ South, Longitude 123° 00′ 17″ East;

(j)          from there west along the parallel of Latitude 12° 14′ 33″ South, to its intersection by the meridian of Longitude 122° 59′ 05″ East;

(k)        from there westerly along the geodesic to the south-easternmost point on the coastline of West Island at mean high water;

(l)          from there generally north-westerly along that high water mark to the point closest to the point of Latitude 12° 14′ 29.2″ South, Longitude 122° 58′ 08.1″ East;

(m)      from there south-westerly along the geodesic to the point of Latitude 12° 14′ 33.7″ South, Longitude 122° 58′ 01.1″ East;

(n)        from there north-westerly along the geodesic to the point of Latitude 12° 14′ 32.3″ South, Longitude 122° 58′ 00.2″ East;

(o)        from there north-easterly along the geodesic to the point on the coastline of West Island at mean high water closest to the point of Latitude 12° 14′ 27.8″ South, Longitude 122° 58′ 07.1″ East;

(p)        from there generally north-westerly along that high water mark to the north easternmost point of the West  Island;

(q)        from there easterly along the geodesic to the point of Latitude 12° 14′ 16″ South, Longitude 122° 58′ 55″ East;

(r)         from there north-easterly along the geodesic to the point of Latitude 12° 14′ 12″ South, Longitude 122° 59′ 03″ East;

(s)        from there easterly along the geodesic to the point of Latitude 12° 14′ 11″ South, Longitude 122° 59′ 10″ East;

(t)          from there north-easterly along the geodesic to the point of Latitude 12° 13′ 37″ South, Longitude 123° 00′ 02″ East;

(u)        from there north along the meridian of Longitude 123° 00′ 02″ East, to its intersection by the parallel of Latitude 12° 13′ 23″ South;

(v)        from there westerly along the geodesic to the point of Latitude 12° 13′ 12″ South, Longitude 122° 59′ 02″ East;

(w)      from there north-westerly along the geodesic to the point of Latitude 12° 11′ 55″ South, Longitude 122° 55′ 04.5″ East;

(x)        from there north-easterly along the geodesic to the point of commencement.

Note: 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.

SCHEDULE 3 - MAP OF SANCTUARY ZONE — ASHMORE REEF MARINE PARK