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Great Barrier Reef (Declaration of Amalgamated Marine Park Area) Proclamation 2004

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975

I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make this Proclamation under section 31 of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975.

                                   Signed and sealed with the
                                   Great Seal of Australia
                                   on 8 April 2004

                                   P.M. JEFFERY
                                   Governor-General
By His Excellency's Command

DAVID KEMP
Minister for the Environment and Heritage

Contents

 1 Name of Proclamation
 2 Commencement
 3 Definitions
 4 Declaration of part of Marine Park
 5 Revocation

Schedule 1 Great Barrier Reef Marine Park — Amalgamated Great Barrier Reef Section

1 Name of Proclamation

  This Proclamation is the Great Barrier Reef (Declaration of Amalgamated Marine Park Area) Proclamation 2004.

2 Commencement

  This Proclamation commences on 1 July 2004.

3 Definitions

 (1) In this Proclamation:
Act means the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975.

 (2) In Schedule 1:
 (a) a reference to the coastal 1 kilometre line is a reference to a notional line every point on which is:
 (a) 1 kilometre seaward from the nearest point of the land at low water to which the line relates; or
 (b) if a fringing reef is adjacent to the land — 1 kilometre seaward from the nearest point of the reef edge to which the line relates; and
 (b) a reference to the 5 kilometre line is a reference to a notional line every point on which is 5 kilometres seaward from the nearest point of the land at low water to which the line relates.

 (3) Geographic coordinates in Schedule 1 are expressed in terms of the Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994.

Note   The Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994 (also known as GDA94) was published in Gazette No. GN35 of 6 September 1995.

4 Declaration of part of Marine Park

 (1) The area described in Schedule 1 is declared to be part of the Marine Park.

 (2) The name 'Great Barrier Reef Marine Park — Amalgamated Great Barrier Reef Section' is assigned to the area.

 (3) For paragraph 31 (2) (c) of the Act, the area includes the subsoil beneath the seabed within the area to a depth of 1 000 metres below the seabed.

 (4) For paragraph 31 (2) (d) of the Act, the area includes the subsoil beneath the surface of any land within the area to a depth of 1 000 metres below the surface of that land.

 (5) For paragraph 31 (2) (e) of the Act, the area includes the airspace above the area to a height of 915 metres above the surface of the area.

5 Revocation

  The Proclamations specified in the following table