{"id":"F2007L01911","name":"Proclamation - Beagle Marine Park","slug":"proclamation-beagle-marine-park","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":66756,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2007L01911-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proclamation - Beagle Marine Park","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nProclamation ‑ Beagle Marine Park\n\nmade under subsection 344(1) of the\n\nEnvironment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999\n\nCompilation No. 1\n\nCompilation date: 11 October 2017\n\nIncludes amendments up to: F2017L01337\n\nRegistered: 24 October 2017\n\nAbout this compilation\n\nThis compilation\n\nThis is a compilation of the Proclamation - Beagle Marine Park that shows the text of the law as amended and in force on 11 October 2017 (the compilation date).\n\nThe notes at the end of this compilation (the endnotes) include information about amending laws and the amendment history of provisions of the compiled law.\n\nUncommenced amendments\n\nThe effect of uncommenced amendments is not shown in the text of the compiled law. Any uncommenced amendments affecting the law are accessible on the Legislation Register (www.legislation.gov.au). The details of amendments made up to, but not commenced at, the compilation date are underlined in the endnotes. For more information on any uncommenced amendments, see the series page on the Legislation Register for the compiled law.\n\nApplication, saving and transitional provisions for provisions and amendments\n\nIf the operation of a provision or amendment of the compiled law is affected by an application, saving or transitional provision that is not included in this compilation, details are included in the endnotes.\n\nEditorial changes\n\nFor more information about any editorial changes made in this compilation, see the endnotes.\n\nModifications\n\nIf the compiled law is modified by another law, the compiled law operates as modified but the modification does not amend the text of the law. Accordingly, this compilation does not show the text of the compiled law as modified. For more information on any modifications, see the series page on the Legislation Register for the compiled law.\n\nSelf‑repealing provisions\n\nIf a provision of the compiled law has been repealed in accordance with a provision of the law, details are included in the endnotes.\n\nI, PROFESSOR MARIE BASHIR, AC, CVO, Deputy for the Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and under subsection 344(1) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999:\n\n  (a) declare the area specified in the Schedule to this Proclamation to be a Commonwealth reserve for the purposes of protecting and maintaining biological diversity and contributing to the National Representative System of Marine Protected Areas; and\n  (b) specify that the seabed to a depth of 100 metres, is included in the reserve; and\n  (c) give the reserve the name “Beagle Marine Park”; and\n  (d) assign the reserve to the IUCN category of managed resource protected area.\n\nSchedule—Beagle Marine Park\n\nAll of that area within Bass Strait, excluding any coastal waters\\* in relation to the State of Victoria or the State of Tasmania, contained within and bounded as follows\\*\\*:\n\n  (i) commencing at the point of latitude 39 degrees 6 minutes south, longitude 147 degrees 6 minutes east;\n  (ii) then south‑easterly along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39 degrees 22 minutes south, longitude 147 degrees 28 minutes east;\n  (iii) then south along the meridian of longitude 147 degrees 28 minutes east, to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 39 degrees 36 minutes south;\n  (iv) then west along the parallel of latitude 39 degrees 36 minutes south, to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 146 degrees 34 minutes east;\n  (v) then north along the meridian of longitude 146 degrees 34 minutes east, to its intersection with the outer limit of the coastal waters\\* of Victoria at approximate latitude 39 degrees 16 minutes 32 seconds south;\n  (vi) then easterly and generally northerly along the outer limit of the coastal waters\\* of Victoria to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 39 degrees 6 minutes south; and\n  (vii) then west along the parallel of latitude 39 degrees 6 minutes south to the point of commencement.\n\n\\* The coastal waters are defined in relation to each State and the Northern Territory by the Coastal Waters (State Powers) Act 1980 and Coastal Waters (Northern Territory Powers) Act 1980.\n\n\\*\\* All geographic coordinates are expressed in terms of the Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994 (GDA94) as described in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette GN35 of 6 September 1995.\n\n> Note: Endnotes\n\n> Note: Endnote 1—About the endnotes\n\nThe endnotes provide information about this compilation and the compiled law.\n\nThe following endnotes are included in every compilation:\n\nEndnote 1—About the endnotes\n\nEndnote 2—Abbreviation key\n\nEndnote 3—Legislation history\n\nEndnote 4—Amendment history\n\nAbbreviation key—Endnote 2\n\nThe abbreviation key sets out abbreviations that may be used in the endnotes.\n\nLegislation history and amendment history—Endnotes 3 and 4\n\nAmending laws are annotated in the legislation history and amendment history.\n\nThe legislation history in endnote 3 provides information about each law that has amended (or will amend) the compiled law. The information includes commencement details for amending laws and details of any application, saving or transitional provisions that are not included in this compilation.\n\nThe amendment history in endnote 4 provides information about amendments at the provision (generally section or equivalent) level. It also includes information about any provision of the compiled law that has been repealed in accordance with a provision of the law.\n\nEditorial changes\n\nThe Legislation Act 2003 authorises First Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial and presentational changes to a compiled law in preparing a compilation of the law for registration. The changes must not change the effect of the law. Editorial changes take effect from the compilation registration date.\n\nIf the compilation includes editorial changes, the endnotes include a brief outline of the changes in general terms. Full details of any changes can be obtained from the Office of Parliamentary Counsel.\n\nMisdescribed amendments\n\nA misdescribed amendment is an amendment that does not accurately describe the amendment to be made. If, despite the misdescription, the amendment can be given effect as intended, the amendment is incorporated into the compiled law and the abbreviation “(md)” added to the details of the amendment included in the amendment history.\n\nIf a misdescribed amendment cannot be given effect as intended, the abbreviation “(md not incorp)” is added to the details of the amendment included in the amendment history.\n\n> Note: Endnote 2—Abbreviation key\n\n| ad = added or inserted                         | o = order(s)                        |\n| ---------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------- |\n| am = amended                                   | Ord = Ordinance                     |\n| amdt = amendment                               | orig = original                     |\n| c = clause(s)                                  | par = paragraph(s)/subparagraph(s)  |\n| C[x] = Compilation No. x                       | /sub‑subparagraph(s)                |\n| Ch = Chapter(s)                                | pres = present                      |\n| def = definition(s)                            | prev = previous                     |\n| Dict = Dictionary                              | (prev…) = previously                |\n| disallowed = disallowed by Parliament          | Pt = Part(s)                        |\n| Div = Division(s)                              | r = regulation(s)/rule(s)           |\n| ed = editorial change                          | reloc = relocated                   |\n| exp = expires/expired or ceases/ceased to have | renum = renumbered                  |\n| effect                                         | rep = repealed                      |\n| F = Federal Register of Legislation            | rs = repealed and substituted       |\n| gaz = gazette                                  | s = section(s)/subsection(s)        |\n| LA = Legislation Act 2003                      | Sch = Schedule(s)                   |\n| LIA = Legislative Instruments Act 2003         | Sdiv = Subdivision(s)               |\n| (md) = misdescribed amendment can be given     | SLI = Select Legislative Instrument |\n| effect                                         | SR = Statutory Rules                |\n| (md not incorp) = misdescribed amendment       | Sub‑Ch = Sub‑Chapter(s)             |\n| cannot be given effect                         | SubPt = Subpart(s)                  |\n| mod = modified/modification                    | underlining = whole or part not     |\n| No. = Number(s)                                | commenced or to be commenced        |\n\n> Note: Endnote 3—Legislation history\n\n| Name                                                                                                                     | Registration              | Commencement                                 | Application, saving and transitional provisions |\n| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------- | -------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |\n| Proclamation ‑ Beagle Commonwealth Marine Reserve                                                                        | 2 July 2007 (F2007L01911) | 31 Aug 2007                                  |                                                 |\n| Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Commonwealth Marine Reserves Renaming) Proclamation 2017 | 10 Oct 2017 (F2017L01337) | Sch 1 (item 94): 11 Oct 2017 (s 2(1) item 1) | —                                               |\n\n> Note: Endnote 4—Amendment history\n\n| Provision affected          | How affected   |\n| --------------------------- | -------------- |\n| par (c)...................  | am F2017L01337 |\n| commencement par..........  | rep LA s 48D   |\n| Schedule                    |                |\n| Schedule heading........... | rs F2017L01337 |","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":5,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The compilation shows amendments to the original proclamation: the instrument was originally registered in 2007 as the 'Beagle Commonwealth Marine Reserve' and was amended by a 2017 proclamation (Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Commonwealth Marine Reserves Renaming) Proclamation 2017). Endnote 3 records the 2007 registration and the 2017 amendment; Endnote 4 shows paragraph (c) (the name) was amended and the Schedule heading was changed. The supplied text shows a name and heading change, but the Schedule’s geographic coordinates and the seabed depth provision are presented in the current text with no explicit change to spatial extent shown in these endnotes."},"complexity_factors":["Statutory authority located in a specific EPBC Act subsection (made under subsection 344(1)) — requires cross‑reference to that Act for regulatory effect (opening paragraph).","Precise geospatial description using multiple coordinates and geodesic/meridian/parallel language (Schedule (i)–(vii)); coordinates expressed in GDA94 — technical mapping and interpretation burden.","Exclusion of State coastal waters requires reference to the Coastal Waters (State Powers) Act 1980 and Coastal Waters (Northern Territory Powers) Act 1980 (Schedule footnote) — interjurisdictional boundary complexity.","Specification of seabed to a depth of 100 metres (proclamation para (b)) — creates layered rights/management scope (surface, water column, seabed).","Assignment to an IUCN category (para (d)) signals management intent but does not itself set out regulatory controls; implementing regulation rests in other EPBC instruments.","Compilation and amendment history recorded in endnotes (Endnotes 1–4) — users must track amendments and commencement details for full legal effect."],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation, made under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (subsection 344(1)), declares a defined area of Bass Strait (excluding State coastal waters) and the seabed to a depth of 100 metres to be the Beagle Marine Park and assigns it the IUCN category “managed resource protected area.”\n\nIt creates Commonwealth reserve status with fixed geographic coordinates (the Schedule) and relies on the Coastal Waters (State Powers) Act 1980 to identify excluded coastal waters; the declaration was made by the Deputy for the Governor‑General acting with the Federal Executive Council (paras (a)–(d))."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains true to its original purpose. The only amendment shown in the history is a renaming from 'Beagle Commonwealth Marine Reserve' to 'Beagle Marine Park' in 2017, which is a cosmetic change reflecting updated naming conventions for marine protected areas. The boundaries, conservation objectives, and management category remain unchanged from the original 2007 proclamation."},"complexity_factors":["Very short document (approximately 1 page of substantive content)","Only 4 operative paragraphs (a)-(d) plus a Schedule defining boundaries","No defined terms section — only one external reference to the Coastal Waters Acts for the meaning of 'coastal waters'","Single cross-reference to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (the enabling legislation)","Boundary description uses standard geographic coordinate system but follows a simple polygon format (7 points)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Straightforward declaratory language ('declare', 'specify', 'give', 'assign')"],"plain_english_summary":"The instrument establishes the Beagle Marine Park in Bass Strait as a Commonwealth protected area (including seabed to 100 m) and re‑names the former Beagle Commonwealth Marine Reserve. It designates the park as a managed‑resource protected area, allowing some activities under strict controls rather than blanket bans.\n\nIt affects fishers, shipping operators, scientists, and state interests in Victoria and Tasmania (excluding coastal waters inside 3 nm). It strengthens Australia’s network for safeguarding marine habitats while permitting regulated use."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. Learn more: https://ai-sdk.dev/unauthenticated-ai-gateway","source":"analysis-cron"}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/proclamation-beagle-marine-park","history":"/api/acts/proclamation-beagle-marine-park/history","analysis":"/api/acts/proclamation-beagle-marine-park/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/proclamation-beagle-marine-park/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/proclamation-beagle-marine-park/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/proclamation-beagle-marine-park/documents"}}