{"id":"F2009L04192","name":"Great Barrier Reef Region (Prohibition of Mining) Repeal Regulations 2009","slug":"great-barrier-reef-region-prohibition-of-mining-repeal-regulations-2009","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"303 of 2009","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":81863,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2009L04192-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Great Barrier Reef Region (Prohibition of Mining) Repeal Regulations 2009","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nGreat Barrier Reef Region (Prohibition of Mining) Repeal Regulations 20091\n\nSelect Legislative Instrument 2009 No. 303\n\nI, QUENTIN BRYCE, 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 12 November 2009\n\nQUENTIN BRYCE\n\nGovernor-General\n\nBy Her Excellency’s Command\n\nPETER ROBERT GARRETT\n\nMinister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts\n\n1 Name of Regulations\n\nThese Regulations are the Great Barrier Reef Region (Prohibition of Mining) Repeal Regulations 2009.\n\n2 Commencement\n\nThese Regulations commence on the commencement of Schedule 6 to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2008.\n\n3 Repeal\n\nThe Great Barrier Reef Region (Prohibition of Mining) Regulations 1999 are repealed.\n\n> Note\n\n> Note: 1. All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See http://www.frli.gov.au.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1299},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument performs exactly the limited function described in its title—repealing the 1999 Regulations once the prohibition was relocated to primary legislation. It does not expand beyond this administrative housekeeping role."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision (section 3)","No defined terms","No conditional logic or exceptions","Straightforward repeal of one named instrument"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this does:** These regulations remove (repeal) the *Great Barrier Reef Region (Prohibition of Mining) Regulations 1999*.\n\n**Why it matters:**\n* This is **statute book housekeeping**. The 1999 regulations banned mining in the Great Barrier Reef Region, but that ban has been moved into the main *Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975* (via the 2008 Amendment Act).\n* Because the prohibition now lives in the primary legislation (the Act), the separate 1999 regulations are redundant.\n* **Nothing changes for miners or environmental protections**—the mining ban still applies, just under the main Act rather than separate regulations.\n\n**Who it affects:** Mining companies, environmental regulators, and anyone dealing with resource rights in the Reef region. For practical purposes, this simply tidies up the legal paperwork without altering the underlying ban."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/great-barrier-reef-region-prohibition-of-mining-repeal-regulations-2009","history":"/api/acts/great-barrier-reef-region-prohibition-of-mining-repeal-regulations-2009/history","analysis":"/api/acts/great-barrier-reef-region-prohibition-of-mining-repeal-regulations-2009/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/great-barrier-reef-region-prohibition-of-mining-repeal-regulations-2009/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/great-barrier-reef-region-prohibition-of-mining-repeal-regulations-2009/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/great-barrier-reef-region-prohibition-of-mining-repeal-regulations-2009/documents"}}