{"id":"C1936L00150","name":"Beaches Protection Regulations","slug":"c1936l00150","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"150 of 1936","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":380445,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1936L00150-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-09","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Beaches Protection Regulations","content":"STATUTORY RULES.\n\n1936\\. No. 150.\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.\n\nDated this tenth day of November,1936.\n\n(SGD.) GOWRIE\n\nGovernor-General.\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nW. M. HUGHES\n\nMinister of State for Health.\n\nAmendment of the Beaches Protection Regulations.†\n\nThe Beaches Protection Regulations are repealed and the following regulations inserted in their stead:—\n\n“1. These Regulations may be cited as the Beaches Protection Regulations.\n\n“2. 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° 26’ South, Longitude 152° 33’ East), to a position fifteen miles 111° from such point (in Latitude 32° 32’ South, Longitude 152° 49½’ East); thence to a position fifteen and one half miles 111° from Wata Mooli Head (in Latitude 34° 14’ South, Longitude 151° 26’ East); thence to Wata Mooli Head; thence following the coast northwards to Sugarloaf Point.”\n\n\\* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1936.\n\n† Statutory Rules 1933, No. 8.\n\nBy Authority: L.F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.\n\n5842.—6/29.10.1936.—Price 3d.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1438},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulations establish the original intended scope as conveyed by the enabling Act title. They create a specific protected marine area off the NSW coast to prevent vessel pollution, with no evidence of expansion beyond this beach and fishing ground protection purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Technical maritime coordinates requiring nautical charts to interpret the exact boundaries","Limited to a single, straightforward prohibition with no exceptions or conditions","Only two operative provisions (citation and boundary definition)"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this does:** These regulations ban ships from dumping garbage, rubbish, ashes, or food waste (organic refuse) into a specific stretch of ocean off the New South Wales coast.\n\n**Where it applies:** The restricted zone covers the coastal waters between **Sugarloaf Point** (near Seal Rocks, north of Newcastle) and **Wata Mooli Head** (near Port Hacking, south of Sydney). The exact boundary is drawn using precise latitude and longitude coordinates that extend east from these headlands into the Tasman Sea.\n\n**Why it matters:** This creates a protected \"no-dumping\" zone to keep beaches and fishing grounds clean by preventing vessels from discharging waste while passing through these popular coastal areas."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/c1936l00150","history":"/api/acts/c1936l00150/history","analysis":"/api/acts/c1936l00150/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/c1936l00150/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/c1936l00150/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/c1936l00150/documents"}}