{"id":"C1933L00008","name":"Beaches Protection Regulations","slug":"beaches-protection-regulations","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"8 of 1933","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":21745,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1933L00008-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Beaches Protection Regulations","content":"STATUTORY RULES.\n\n1933\\. No. 8.\n\nREGULATIONS UNDER THE BEACHES, FISHING GROUNDS AND SEA ROUTES PROTECTION ACT 1932.\n\nI, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Beaches, Fishing Grounds and Sea Routes Protection Act 1932 to come into operation on the sixteenth day of January, One thousand nine hundred and thirty-three.\n\nDated this eleventh day of January, 1933.\n\nISAAC A. ISAACS\n\nGovernor-General.\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nC. W. C. MARR\n\nMinister for Health.\n\n1\\. These Regulations may be cited as the Beaches Protection Regulations.\n\n2. An area at sea within which the discharge into the sea from vessels of any garbage, rubbish, ashes or organic refuse is prohibited shall be an area bounded by a line drawn from Sugarloaf Point, New South Wales, latitude 32 degrees 26 feet south longitude 152 degrees 34 feet east, to a position fifteen miles 111 degrees from such point; thence to a position fifteen miles 111 degrees from Cape Baily, New South Wales latitude 34 degrees 2½ feet south longitude 151 degrees 14½ feet east, thence to Cape Baily, and thence following the coastline northwards to the starting point.\n\nBy Authority: L.F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.\n\n87.—Price 3d.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1750},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is the original 1933 regulation. It establishes a discrete marine pollution control zone exactly as contemplated by the enabling Act, without expansion beyond the original purpose of protecting specific beaches and fishing grounds from vessel waste."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision containing one prohibition","No interpretation section or defined terms","No cross-references to other legislation","Simple geographic boundary described by coordinates and bearings","No exceptions, exemptions, or conditional logic"],"plain_english_summary":"**What it does:** These regulations create a no-dumping zone off the coast of New South Wales to stop ships from polluting the water.\n\n**Who it affects:** Vessels (ships and boats) travelling in the specified area.\n\n**The rules:**\n* Ships are banned from throwing **garbage, rubbish, ashes, or organic refuse** (food waste) overboard while in the defined zone.\n* The zone covers the coastal waters between **Sugarloaf Point** (near Seal Rocks) and **Cape Baily** (south of Sydney), extending 15 miles out to sea.\n* The area is marked using precise map coordinates, forming a box that follows the coastline.\n\n**Why it matters:** This was an early environmental protection law to keep beaches and fishing grounds clean by preventing vessels from using near-shore waters as a rubbish dump."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/beaches-protection-regulations","history":"/api/acts/beaches-protection-regulations/history","analysis":"/api/acts/beaches-protection-regulations/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/beaches-protection-regulations/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/beaches-protection-regulations/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/beaches-protection-regulations/documents"}}