{"id":"F2008B00749","name":"World Heritage Properties Conservation Act 1983 - Proclamation under section 9 - Franklin River (26/05/1983)","slug":"world-heritage-properties-conservation-act-1983-proclamation-under-section-9-franklin-river-26-05-19","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":72058,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2008B00749-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"World Heritage Properties Conservation Act 1983 - Proclamation under section 9 - Franklin River (26/05/1983)","content":"PROCLAMATION\n\n| Commonwealth ofAustraliaN. M. STEPHENGovernor General | By His Excellency theGovernor-General ofthe Commonwealth ofAustralia |\n| ----------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------- |\n\nI, SIR NINIAN MARTIN STEPHEN, the Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and in pursuance of sub-section 6 (3) of the World Heritage Properties Conservation Act 1983, being satisfied that the property described in the Schedule is likely to be damaged or destroyed, hereby declare that property to be property to which section 9 of that Act applies.\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\nSCHEDULE\n\nThe open archaeological site of ice-age occupation at the base of the flying-fox pylon on the west bank of the Franklin River, in the State of Tasmania, at approximately Latitude 42° 28’ 02” South, Longitude 145° 45’ 51” East.\n\n(L. S.) GIVEN under my Hand and the Great Seal of Australia on 26 May 1983.\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nBARRY COHEN\n\nMinister of State for\n\nHome Affairs and Environment\n\nGOD SAVE THE QUEEN!","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"This proclamation extends the Act’s applied scope by adding the named Franklin River archaeological site to the list of places to which section 9 applies. The change is targeted and operationally limited to the Schedule’s single site, effected under the satisfaction threshold in s6(3)."},"complexity_factors":["Procedural, single-declaration instrument with limited text and a narrow factual scope (one identified site).","Relies on cross-references to the World Heritage Properties Conservation Act 1983 (notably s6(3) and s9) so legal effect requires consulting the parent Act.","Precise geographic identification (latitude/longitude) makes the measure fact-specific and requires exact-site verification for compliance.","Decision hinges on an administrative finding (Governor‑General satisfied the site was likely to be damaged or destroyed), so factual threshold and evidence could be contested or require administrative records."],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation invokes the World Heritage Properties Conservation Act 1983 to declare a named archaeological site on the west bank of the Franklin River (given by coordinates) to be a property to which section 9 of the Act applies. The Governor‑General, on Federal Executive Council advice and satisfied the site was likely to be damaged or destroyed (s6(3)), made the declaration.\n\nMechanically, the declaration brings that single site within the Act’s section 9 legal regime and therefore subjects activities affecting the site to the Act’s federal controls and any consequent compliance obligations."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This proclamation represents the original intended use of the World Heritage Properties Conservation Act 1983—specifically, the mechanism under section 9 to declare individual threatened properties. It has not expanded beyond this purpose; rather, it exemplifies the Act's core function of identifying and protecting specific threatened heritage sites through executive proclamation."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision with straightforward conditional trigger ('being satisfied that the property... is likely to be damaged or destroyed')","No defined terms within the instrument itself","Minimal cross-referencing (only references to section 6(3) and section 9 of the parent Act)","Simple schedule containing only a geographical description","Total length: approximately 200 words","No exceptions, exemptions, or conditional logic beyond the initial satisfaction requirement"],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation invokes the World Heritage Properties Conservation Act 1983 to place special federal protection on an ice‑age open archaeological site on the west bank of the Franklin River (coords 42°28'02\"S, 145°45'51\"E), making damage or destruction a federal offence under section 9. Issued by Governor‑General Sir Ninian Stephen on advice of the Federal Executive Council (Minister Barry Cohen), it was used to block Tasmania’s proposed Franklin Dam works by protecting evidence of some of Australia’s earliest human occupation."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/world-heritage-properties-conservation-act-1983-proclamation-under-section-9-franklin-river-26-05-19","history":"/api/acts/world-heritage-properties-conservation-act-1983-proclamation-under-section-9-franklin-river-26-05-19/history","analysis":"/api/acts/world-heritage-properties-conservation-act-1983-proclamation-under-section-9-franklin-river-26-05-19/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/world-heritage-properties-conservation-act-1983-proclamation-under-section-9-franklin-river-26-05-19/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/world-heritage-properties-conservation-act-1983-proclamation-under-section-9-franklin-river-26-05-19/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/world-heritage-properties-conservation-act-1983-proclamation-under-section-9-franklin-river-26-05-19/documents"}}