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

PROCLAMATION

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 21o40’00” South, Longitude 114o00’00”East; and

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

(iii)            thence west along that parallel to its intersection by the meridian of Longitude 113o55’00”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 21o47’00”South, Longitude 114o19’00”East and Latitude 21o40’00”South, Longitude 114o13’00”East; and

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

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

By His Excellency’s Command,

Ros Kelly

Minister of State for the Arts, Sport,

the Environment and Territories

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