PROCLAMATION

Commonwealth of Australia By His Excellency the

 Governor-General of the

BILL HAYDEN Commonwealth of Australia             

Governor-General

I, WILLIAM GEORGE HAYDEN, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and after consideration by the Federal Executive Council under subsection 7(1) of the National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1975 of a report by the Director of National Parks and Wildlife, under subsection 7(2) of that Act:

(a)         declare the areas specified in the Schedule to be a reserve; and

(b)         assign to the reserve the name “Solitary Islands Marine Reserve

 (Commonwealth Waters)”; and

(c)         specify that the subsoil to the depth of 1,000 metres below the surface of any

  land within the declared areas is taken to be within the reserve; and

(d)         specify that the subsoil to the depth of 1,000 metres below the sea-bed

  within the declared areas is taken to be within the reserve.

GIVEN under my Hand and

the Great Seal of Australia on

17 February 1993

By His Excellency’s Command,

Ros Kelly

Minister of State for the Arts, Sport,

the Environment and Territories

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

SCHEDULE

Interpretation

1. (a) In this Schedule:

  “baseline” means the line determined, by Proclamation made under section 7 of the Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973 and published in the Gazette No. S29 on 9 February 1983, to be the baseline from which the breadth of the territorial sea adjacent to the mainland of Australia is measured; and

  “nautical mile” means a distance of 1852 metres.

(b)                     Latitudes and longitudes referred to in this Schedule are latitudes and longitudes determined by reference to the Australian Geodetic Datum 1966 (AGD66).

(c)                      Where, for the purpose of this Schedule it is necessary to determine the position on the surface of the Earth of a point, line or area by reference to the Australian Geodetic Datum:

(i)                 that position is to be determined by reference to the Australian National Spheroid having a major (equatorial) radius of 6,378,160 metres and a flattening of 100/29825 and by reference to the position of the Johnston Geodetic Station in the Northern Territory; and

(ii)               the Johnston Geodetic Station is to be taken to be situated at Latitude 25o56’54.5515”South and at Longitude 133o12’30.0771”East and to have a ground level of 571.2 metres above the surface of the spheroid referred to in paragraph (i).

(d)                     To convert latitudes and longitudes referred to in this Schedule to equivalent values in the World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS84), decrease the numerical value of latitudes by 6 seconds and increase the numerical value of longitudes by 4 seconds.

Description of Areas of Solitary Islands Marine Reserve (Commonwealth Waters)

2. The areas comprising the Solitary Islands Marine Reserve (Commonwealth Waters) are:

(a)                      the area bounded by the line:

(i)                 commencing at the point of intersection of Latitude 29o40’24”South and Longitude 153o23’25”East; and

(ii)               running then east along that parallel of Latitude to its intersection with the line corresponding with the 50 metre isobath below Mean High Water; and

(iii)            then generally southerly along the line corresponding to that isobath to its intersection with the line every point on which is three nautical miles seaward of the baseline; and

(iv)             then generally south-westerly and northerly along that line to the point of commencement; and

(b)                     the area bounded by the line:

(i)                 commencing at Latitude 29o58’59”South, Longitude 153o22’30”East, being the point of intersection by the line every point on which is three nautical miles seaward of the baseline with the line corresponding with the 50 metre isobath below Mean High Water; and

(ii)               running then generally south-westerly along the line corresponding to that isobath to Latitude 30o02’40”South, Longitude 153o19’26”East, being an intersection with the line every point on which is three nautical miles seaward of the baseline; and

(iii)            then generally northerly, north-westerly, northerly and south-easterly along that line to the point of commencement; and

(c)                      the area bounded by the line:

(i)                 commencing at Latitude 30o03’57”South, Longitude 153o18’14”East, being the point of intersection of the line every point on which is three nautical miles seaward of the baseline with the line corresponding with the 50 metre isobath below Mean High Water; and

(ii)               running then generally southerly, south-westerly and southerly along the line corresponding to that isobath to Latitude 30o09’40”South, Longitude 153o17’19”East, being an intersection with the line every point on which is three nautical miles seaward of the baseline; and

(iii)            then generally north-westerly, northerly and north-easterly along that line to the point of commencement; and

(d)                     the area bounded by the line:

(i)                 commencing at the point of intersection of Latitude 30o18’25”South with Longitude 153o12’43”East, being a point on the line every point on which is three nautical miles seaward of the baseline; and

(ii)               running then generally northerly, north-easterly and south-easterly along that line to Latitude 30o15’46”South, Longitude 153o15’26”East, being a point of intersection with the line corresponding with the 50 metre isobath below Mean High Water; and

(iii)            then generally south-westerly along the line corresponding to that isobath the point of intersection with the parallel of Latitude 30o18’25”South; and

(iv)             then west along that parallel to the point of commencement.