{"id":"F2007B00686","name":"Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 - Proclamation - Lord Howe Island Marine Park (07/06/2000)","slug":"environment-protection-and-biodiversity-conservation-act-1999-proclamation-lord-howe-island-marine-p","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":62475,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2007B00686-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 - Proclamation - Lord Howe Island Marine Park (07/06/2000)","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nPROCLAMATION\n\nNational Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1975\n\nI, WILLIAM PATRICK DEANE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia,\n\nacting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and under subsection 7(2) of the National Parks and Wildlife and Conservation Act 1975:\n\n(a) declare the area specified in the Schedule to be a Park; and\n\n(b) assign to the Park the name “Lord Howe Island Marine Park”; and\n\n(c) specify that the subsoil extending to a depth of 100 metres below the sea-bed within\n\nthe declared area is within the Park.\n\nSigned and sealed with the\n\nGreat Seal of Australia\n\non 7 June 2000\n\nWILLIAM DEANE\n\nGovernor-General\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command\n\nRobert Hill\n\nMinister for the Environment and Heritage\n\nSchedule\n\nLord Howe Island Marine Park\n\n\"The area of the Australian coastal sea that lies between 3 and 12 nautical miles extending from the territorial sea baselines\\* around Lord Howe Island, Ball’s Pyramid and their adjacent islands\\*\\*.\n\n\\* The territorial sea baselines are proclaimed under the Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973.\n\n\\*\\* Lord Howe Island, Ball’s Pyramid and their adjacent islands are parts of the State of New South Wales.\"","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1892},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument performs exactly the function indicated by its title—proclaiming a marine park with defined boundaries. There is no evidence of scope creep or expansion beyond the original intent to establish protected status for the Lord Howe Island marine environment."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision with only three declarative subparagraphs","No conditional logic, exceptions, or procedural requirements","Geographic scope defined by reference to external baselines (Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973)","Extremely short document (under 300 words)"],"plain_english_summary":"This Proclamation creates the Lord Howe Island Marine Park, bringing federal protection to coastal waters around Lord Howe Island and Ball's Pyramid between 3 and 12 nautical miles, from the surface down to 100 metres below the sea bed. It extends conservation management for a World Heritage reef ecosystem. (Made under the earlier National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act.)"}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/environment-protection-and-biodiversity-conservation-act-1999-proclamation-lord-howe-island-marine-p","history":"/api/acts/environment-protection-and-biodiversity-conservation-act-1999-proclamation-lord-howe-island-marine-p/history","analysis":"/api/acts/environment-protection-and-biodiversity-conservation-act-1999-proclamation-lord-howe-island-marine-p/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/environment-protection-and-biodiversity-conservation-act-1999-proclamation-lord-howe-island-marine-p/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/environment-protection-and-biodiversity-conservation-act-1999-proclamation-lord-howe-island-marine-p/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/environment-protection-and-biodiversity-conservation-act-1999-proclamation-lord-howe-island-marine-p/documents"}}