Proclamation ‑ Murray Marine Park
made under subsection 344(1) of the
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
Compilation No. 1
Compilation date: 11 October 2017
Includes amendments up to: F2017L01337
Registered: 2 November 2017
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This compilation
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I, PROFESSOR MARIE BASHIR, AC, CVO, Deputy for the Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and under subsection 344(1) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999:
(a) declare the area specified in Part 1 of the Schedule to this Proclamation to be a Commonwealth reserve for the purposes of protecting and maintaining biological diversity and contributing to the National Representative System of Marine Protected Areas; and
(b) specify that the seabed to a depth of 100 metres, is included in the reserve; and
(c) give the reserve the name “Murray Marine Park”; and
(d) assign the reserve to the IUCN category of managed resource protected area; and
(e) divide the reserve into zones and assign an IUCN category to each zone, as follows:
(i) Sanctuary Area Zone being the area specified in Part 2 of the Schedule and assigned to the IUCN category Strict Nature Reserve; and
(ii) Special Purpose Area Zone being the area specified in Part 3 of the Schedule and assigned to the IUCN category Managed Resource Protected Area; and
(iii) Multiple Use Area Zone being the area specified in Part 4 of the Schedule and assigned to the IUCN category Managed Resource Protected Area.
Schedule—Murray Marine Park
Part 1—Murray Marine Park
All of that area within the Southern Ocean, excluding any coastal waters* in relation to the State of South Australia, contained within and bounded as follows**:
(i) commencing at the point of latitude 36 degrees 31 minutes 57 seconds south, longitude 136 degrees 48 minutes 6 seconds east;
(ii) then south‑easterly along the geodesic to the point of latitude 36 degrees 40 minutes 12 seconds south, longitude 137 degrees 10 minutes 12 seconds east;
(iii) then south along the meridian of longitude 137 degrees 10 minutes 12 seconds east, to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 36 degrees 54 minutes 20 seconds south;
(iv) then south‑easterly along the geodesic to the point of latitude 37 degrees 5 minutes 54 seconds south, longitude 137 degrees 39 minutes 54 seconds east;
(v) then north‑easterly along the geodesic to the intersection of the meridian of longitude 138 degrees 57 minutes 20 seconds east, with the outer limit of the coastal waters* of South Australia;
(vi) then generally south‑easterly along the outer limit of the coastal waters* of South Australia to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 139 degrees 9 minutes 52 seconds east;
(vii) then south‑westerly along the geodesic to the point of latitude 37 degrees 12 minutes 18 seconds south, longitude 137 degrees 56 minutes 6 seconds east;
(viii) then south‑westerly along the geodesic to the point of latitude 37 degrees 32 minutes 20 seconds south, longitude 137 degrees 40 minutes east;
(ix) then south‑easterly along the geodesic to the point of latitude 37 degrees 49 minutes 10 seconds south, longitude 137 degrees 47 minutes 38 seconds east;
(x) then south‑easterly along the geodesic to the point of latitude 38 degrees south, longitude 137 degrees 52 minutes 30 seconds east;
(xi) then west along the parallel of latitude 38 degrees south, to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 137 degrees 10 minutes 12 seconds east;
(xii) then south along the meridian of longitude 137 degrees 10 minutes 12 seconds east, to its intersection with the outer limit of the exclusive economic zone***;
(xiii) then generally north‑westerly and westerly along the outer limit of the exclusive economic zone to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 136 degrees 42 minutes east;
(xiv) then north along the meridian of longitude 136 degrees 42 minutes east, to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 36 degrees 44 minutes south; and
(xv) then north‑easterly along the geodesic to the point of commencement.
Part 2—Sanctuary Area Zone (IUCN Category Ia ‑ Strict Nature Reserve)
All of that area within the Southern Ocean contained within and bounded as follows**:
(i) commencing at the point of latitude 37 degrees 49 minutes 10 seconds south, longitude 137 degrees 47 minutes 38 seconds east;
(ii) then south‑easterly along the geodesic to the point of latitude 38 degrees south, longitude 137 degrees 52 minutes 30 seconds east;
(iii) then west along the parallel of latitude 38 degrees south, to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 137 degrees 10 minutes 12 seconds east;
(iv) then south along the meridian of longitude 137 degrees 10 minutes 12 seconds east, to its intersection with the outer limit of the exclusive economic zone***;
(v) then generally north‑westerly and westerly along the outer limit of the exclusive economic zone to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 136 degrees 42 minutes east;
(vi) then north along the meridian of longitude 136 degrees 42 minutes east, to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 37 degrees 24 minutes 10 seconds south; and
(vii) then south‑easterly along the geodesic to the point of commencement.
Part 3—Special Purpose Area Zone (IUCN Category VI – Managed Resource Protected Area)
All of that area within the Southern Ocean contained within and bounded as follows**:
(i) commencing at the point of latitude 36 degrees 44 minutes south, longitude 136 degrees 42 minutes east;
(ii) then south‑easterly along the geodesic to the point of latitude 36 degrees 54 minutes 20 seconds south, longitude 137 degrees 10 minutes 12 seconds east;
(iii) then south‑easterly along the geodesic to the point of latitude 37 degrees 5 minutes 54 seconds south, longitude 137 degrees 39 minutes 54 seconds east;
(iv) then south‑easterly along the geodesic to the point of latitude 37 degrees 12 minutes 18 seconds south, longitude 137 degrees 56 minutes 6 seconds east;
(v) then south‑westerly along the geodesic to the point of latitude 37 degrees 32 minutes 20 seconds south, longitude 137 degrees 40 minutes east;
(vi) then south‑easterly along the geodesic to the point of latitude 37 degrees 49 minutes 10 seconds south, longitude 137 degrees 47 minutes 38 seconds east;
(vii) then north‑westerly along the geodesic to the point of latitude 37 degrees 24 minutes 10 seconds south, longitude 136 degrees 42 minutes east; and
(viii) then north along the meridian of longitude 136 degrees 42 minutes east, to the point of commencement.
Part 4—Multiple Use Area Zone (IUCN Category VI ‑ Managed Resource Protected Area)
All of that area within the Southern Ocean, excluding any coastal waters* in relation to the State of South Australia, contained within and bounded as follows**:
(a)
(i) commencing at the point of latitude 36 degrees 31 minutes 57 seconds south, longitude 136 degrees 48 minutes 6 seconds east;
(ii) then south‑easterly along the geodesic to the point of latitude 36 degrees 40 minutes 12 seconds south, longitude 137 degrees 10 minutes 12 seconds east;
(iii) then south along the meridian of longitude 137 degrees 10 minutes 12 seconds east, to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 36 degrees 54 minutes 20 seconds south;
(iv) then north‑westerly along the geodesic to the point of latitude 36 degrees 44 minutes south, longitude 136 degrees 42 minutes east; and
(v) then north‑easterly along the geodesic to the point of commencement.
(b)
(i) commencing at the point of latitude 37 degrees 5 minutes 54 seconds south, longitude 137 degrees 39 minutes 54 seconds east;
(ii) then north‑easterly along the geodesic to the intersection of the meridian of longitude 138 degrees 57 minutes 20 seconds east, with the outer limit of the coastal waters* of South Australia;
(iii) then generally south‑easterly along the outer limit of the coastal waters* of South Australia to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 139 degrees 9 minutes 52 seconds east;
(iv) then south‑westerly along the geodesic to the point of latitude 37 degrees 12 minutes 18 seconds south, longitude 137 degrees 56 minutes 6 seconds east; and
(v) then north‑westerly along the geodesic to the point of commencement.
* The coastal waters are defined in relation to each State and the Northern Territory by the Coastal Waters (State Powers) Act 1980 and Coastal Waters (Northern Territory Powers) Act 1980.
** 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.
*** The exclusive economic zone in relation to Australia and its external territories has been declared under the Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973 in accordance with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (Proclamation dated 26 July 1994 published in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette S290 of 29 July 1994).
Endnotes
Endnote 1—About the endnotes
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Endnote 1—About the endnotes
Endnote 2—Abbreviation key
Endnote 3—Legislation history
Endnote 4—Amendment history
Abbreviation key—Endnote 2
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Legislation history and amendment history—Endnotes 3 and 4
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The amendment history in endnote 4 provides information about amendments at the provision (generally section or equivalent) level. It also includes information about any provision of the compiled law that has been repealed in accordance with a provision of the law.
Editorial changes
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Misdescribed amendments
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If a misdescribed amendment cannot be given effect as intended, the abbreviation “(md not incorp)” is added to the details of the amendment included in the amendment history.
Endnote 2—Abbreviation key
ad = added or inserted | o = order(s) |
am = amended | Ord = Ordinance |
amdt = amendment | orig = original |
c = clause(s) | par = paragraph(s)/subparagraph(s) |
C[x] = Compilation No. x | /sub‑subparagraph(s) |
Ch = Chapter(s) | pres = present |
def = definition(s) | prev = previous |
Dict = Dictionary | (prev…) = previously |
disallowed = disallowed by Parliament | Pt = Part(s) |
Div = Division(s) | r = regulation(s)/rule(s) |
ed = editorial change | reloc = relocated |
exp = expires/expired or ceases/ceased to have | renum = renumbered |
effect | rep = repealed |
F = Federal Register of Legislation | rs = repealed and substituted |
gaz = gazette | s = section(s)/subsection(s) |
LA = Legislation Act 2003 | Sch = Schedule(s) |
LIA = Legislative Instruments Act 2003 | Sdiv = Subdivision(s) |
(md) = misdescribed amendment can be given | SLI = Select Legislative Instrument |
effect | SR = Statutory Rules |
(md not incorp) = misdescribed amendment | Sub‑Ch = Sub‑Chapter(s) |
cannot be given effect | SubPt = Subpart(s) |
mod = modified/modification | underlining = whole or part not |
No. = Number(s) | commenced or to be commenced |
Endnote 3—Legislation history
Name | Registration | Commencement | Application, saving and transitional provisions |
Proclamation ‑ Murray Commonwealth Marine Reserve | 2 July 2007 (F2007L01918) | 31 Aug 2007 |
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Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Commonwealth Marine Reserves Renaming) Proclamation 2017 | 10 Oct 2017 (F2017L01337) | Sch 1 (item 94): 11 Oct 2017 (s 2(1) item 1) | — |
Endnote 4—Amendment history
Provision affected | How affected |
par (c)................... | am F2017L01337 |
par (d)................... | ed C1 |
commencement par.......... | rep LA s 48D |
Schedule |
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Schedule heading........... | rs F2017L01337 |
Part 1 |
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Part 1 heading............. | rs F2017L01337 |
Endnote 5—Editorial changes
In preparing this compilation for registration, the following kinds of editorial change(s) were made under the Legislation Act 2003.
Paragraph (d)
Kind of editorial change
Change to punctuation
Details of editorial change
Paragraph (d) ends with a full stop. However, paragraph (d) is followed by paragraph (e).
This compilation was editorially changed to remove the full stop at the end of paragraph (d) and replace it with “; and” to bring it into line with legislative drafting practice.