PROCLAMATION
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of
Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, and under
subsection 350(1) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999,
amend the Proclamation made under subsection 7(2) of the National Parks and Wildlife
Conservation Act 1975 and published in the Gazette No. 8 of 3 March 1993 establishing
the Solitary Islands Marine Reserve (Commonwealth Waters) by omitting the
schedule to that Proclamation and substituting the schedule to this Proclamation.
Signed and sealed with the
Great Seal of Australia
on
4 NOV 2004
PM Jeffery
Governor-General
By His Excellency’s Command
Ian Campbell
Minister for the Environment and Heritage
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SCHEDULE
Solitary Islands Marine Reserve (Commonwealth Waters)
The waters within the South Pacific Ocean, excluding any coastal waters* in relation to the
State of New South Wales, contained within and bounded as follows**:
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(v)
*
**
commencing at the intersection of the parallel of latitude 29 degrees 40 minutes
18.28 seconds south with the coastline of the State of New South Wales at mean
low water;
then east along the parallel of latitude 29 degrees 40 minutes 18.28 seconds south
to its intersection with the line corresponding with the 50 metre isobath below
mean high water on the coast of the State of New South Wales;
then generally south along that isobath to its intersection with the parallel of
latitude 30 degrees 18 minutes 19.27 seconds south;
then west along the parallel of latitude 30 degrees 18 minutes 19.27 seconds south
to its intersection with the coastline of the State of New South Wales at mean low
water; and
then generally north along that low water mark 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.
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