Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 - Proclamation - Cartier Island Commonwealth Marine Reserve (07/06/2000)

Proclamation—Cartier Island Commonwealth Marine Reserve

as amended

made under section 344 of the

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

This compilation was prepared on 17 November 2012
taking into account amendments up to Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (Cartier Island Marine Reserve) Amendment Proclamation
2012 (No. 1)

Prepared by the Office of Parliamentary Counsel, Canberra

I, WILLIAM PATRICK DEANE, Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and under subsection 7(2) of the National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1975:

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

 (b) assign to the Reserve the name “Cartier Island Commonwealth Marine Reserve”; and

 (c) specify that the subsoil extending to a depth of 1000 metres below the sea‑bed within the declared area is within the Reserve.

Schedule Cartier Island Commonwealth Marine Reserve

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 12o3150.8 South and longitude 123o3318.8 East.

All co‑ordinates are referred to the Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994 (GDA94).

Notes to the Proclamation—Cartier Island Commonwealth Marine Reserve

Note 1

The Proclamation—Cartier Island Commonwealth Marine Reserve (in force under section 344 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999) as shown in this compilation is amended as indicated in the Tables below.

Table of Instruments

(a) This Proclamation was originally made under subsection 7 (2) of the National Parkes and Wildlife Conservation Act 1975, which was repealed on 16 July 2000, and pursuant to Part 2 of Schedule 4 of the Environment Reform (Consequential Provisions) Act 1999 is continued in force under section 344 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.

Table of Amendments