Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 - Proclamation - Coringa-Herald National Nature Reserve (03/08/1982)

PROCLAMATION

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 ‘Coringa-Herald 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

Coringa-Herald National Nature Reserve

The area of the boundary which

(1)                commences at the point of Longitude 150o5’East Latitude 17o11’South;

(2)                runs thence west along the parallel of Latitude 17o11’South to its intersection by the meridian of Longitude 149oEast;

(3)                runs thence north along the last-mentioned meridian to its intersection by the parallel of Latitude 16o46’South;

(4)                runs thence east along the last-mentioned parallel to its intersection by the meridian of Longitude 149o48’East;

(5)                runs thence north-easterly along the geodesic to the point of Longitude 150o12’East Latitude 16o23’South;

(6)                runs thence east along the parallel of Latitude 16o23’South to its intersection by the meridian of Longitude 150o30’East;

(7)                runs thence south along the last-mentioned meridian to its intersection by the parallel of Latitude 16o52’South; and

(8)                runs thence south-westerly along the geodesic to the point of commencement.

By His Excellency’s Command

D. T. McVEIGH

Minister of State for

Home Affairs and Environment

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