Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025L00100:reg:15:p6
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025L00100
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 15 (pt 6/13)
Character Range: 351530–355667

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Department of the Environment and Energy (2012): Commonwealth Marine Regions
Department of the Environment and Energy (2011): Bathomes within Australian waters
Department of the Environment and Energy (2006): Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia v.4.0 Provincial Bioregions
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and Recognition Division) (2017): Indigenous Protected Areas – dedicated
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Geoscience Australia (2006): GEODATA TOPO 2.5 M
Geoscience Australia (2005): Australian Bathymetry and Topography
Geoscience Australia (2004): Geomorphic Features of the EEZ
Geoscience Australia (2004): GEODATA TOPO 100k – Coastline
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Glossary
action                                                                        Has the meaning given by section 523 of the EPBC Act.
artificial reef                                                               Has the meaning given by the Environment Protection (Sea Dumping) Act 1981  namely, a structure or formation placed on the seabed:
                                                                              (a) for the purpose of increasing or concentrating populations of marine plants and animals, or
                                                                              (b) for the purpose of being used in human recreational activities.
Australian Government or the Government                                       The Government of the Commonwealth of Australia.
Australian IUCN reserve management principles                                 The EPBC Act (section 348) requires the EPBC Regulations to prescribe principles for each IUCN category. These principles are the Australian IUCN reserve management principles and are found in Schedule 8 of the EPBC Act.
Australian Marine Parks or marine park                                        Protected areas in Commonwealth waters, managed to protect natural and cultural values and support ecologically sustainable use.
                                                                              They are Commonwealth reserves, named as Marine Parks, declared by the Governor-General by Proclamation under section 344 of the EPBC Act.
authorisation                                                                 As described in Section 4.5 (Authorisation of activities) of this plan.
ballast water                                                                 Water taken on board by vessels to maintain stability and trim.
bathomes                                                                      Large spatial areas characterised by bathymetric (depth-related) distribution of biota.
benthic                                                                       Anything associated with or occurring on the bottom of a body of water.
biodiversity or biological diversity                                          Has the meaning given by section 528 of the EPBC Act.
biologically important areas                                                  Areas where a protected species displays a biologically important behaviour such as breeding, foraging, resting or migration. These areas serve to highlight the parts of a marine region that are particularly important for the conservation of protected species.
bioregion (provincial and mesoscale)                                          A large area that has similar types of plants, animals and ocean conditions compared with other similarly sized areas and, in this document, those bioregions as defined in the Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia Version 4.0.
                                                                              Australia's marine environment