{"id":"C2004L04825","name":"Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (Prohibition of Drilling for Petroleum) Repeal Regulations 1999","slug":"great-barrier-reef-marine-park-prohibition-of-drilling-for-petroleum-repeal-regulations-1999","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"338 of 1999","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":436208,"registerId":"C2004L04825-fast-fetch-1775953450218","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (Prohibition of Drilling for Petroleum) Repeal Regulations 1999","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![](image.001.png)\n\nGreat Barrier Reef Marine Park (Prohibition of Drilling for Petroleum) Repeal Regulations 1999\n\nStatutory Rules 1999 No. 338\n\nI, WILLIAM PATRICK DEANE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975.\n\nDated 15 December 1999.\n\nWILLIAM DEANE  Governor-General\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nROBERT HILL\n\nMinister for the Environment and Heritage\n\n![](image.001.png)\n\nGreat Barrier Reef Marine Park (Prohibition of Drilling for Petroleum) Repeal Regulations 1999\n\nStatutory Rules 1999 No. 3381\n\nmade under the\n\nGreat Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\nPage\n\n 1 Name of Regulations \n\n 2 Commencement \n\n 3 Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (Prohibition of Drilling for Petroleum) Regulations — repeal             \n\n \n\n \n\nDo not delete : Part placeholder\n\nDo not delete : Division placeholder\n\n1 Name of Regulations\n\n  These Regulations are the Great Barrier Reef Marine  Park (Prohibition of Drilling for Petroleum) Repeal Regulations 1999.\n\n2 Commencement\n\n  These Regulations commence on gazettal.\n\n3 Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (Prohibition of Drilling for Petroleum) Regulations — repeal\n\n  The following statutory rules are repealed:\n\n- 1983 Nos. 148 and 232.\n\n\nNote\n\n1. Made by the Governor-General on 15 December 1999, and notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 22 December 1999. \n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1682},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulation performs exactly the limited function described in its title—repealing the 1983 petroleum drilling prohibition regulations—without expanding into new policy areas or introducing replacement regulatory schemes."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision (section 3) consisting of one sentence","No definitions, interpretation section, or specialized terminology","Extremely short length (3 sections, less than one page)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references to other active legislation","Immediate commencement upon gazettal with no staged implementation"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation **removes an old ban** on oil and gas drilling in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.\n\nSpecifically, it **repeals the 1983 regulations** that originally prohibited petroleum exploration and extraction in the Marine Park (Statutory Rules 1983 Nos. 148 and 232). Once this repeal takes effect, those specific prohibitions no longer exist as regulations.\n\n**Why this matters:** This is essentially housekeeping—removing outdated rules. In practice, drilling in the Reef is still prohibited because similar protections were moved into the main *Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975* itself, making these separate regulations redundant. The repeal ensures the law is tidy and avoids duplication."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/great-barrier-reef-marine-park-prohibition-of-drilling-for-petroleum-repeal-regulations-1999","history":"/api/acts/great-barrier-reef-marine-park-prohibition-of-drilling-for-petroleum-repeal-regulations-1999/history","analysis":"/api/acts/great-barrier-reef-marine-park-prohibition-of-drilling-for-petroleum-repeal-regulations-1999/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/great-barrier-reef-marine-park-prohibition-of-drilling-for-petroleum-repeal-regulations-1999/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/great-barrier-reef-marine-park-prohibition-of-drilling-for-petroleum-repeal-regulations-1999/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/great-barrier-reef-marine-park-prohibition-of-drilling-for-petroleum-repeal-regulations-1999/documents"}}