{"id":"F2009B00049","name":"World Heritage Properties Conservation Act 1983 - Proclamation under section 9 - Intersection of the meridian (15/11/1994)","slug":"world-heritage-properties-conservation-act-1983-proclamation-under-section-9-intersection-of-the-mer","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":121276,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2009B00049-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"World Heritage Properties Conservation Act 1983 - Proclamation under section 9 - Intersection of the meridian (15/11/1994)","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nWorld Heritage Properties Conservation Act 1983\n\nPROCLAMATION\n\nI, WILLIAM GEORGE HAYDEN, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and under subsection 6 (3) of the World Heritage Properties Conservation Act 1983, being satisfied that the property described in the Schedule is likely to be damaged, declare that property to be property to which section 9 of that Act applies.\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\nSCHEDULE\n\nAll that area bounded by a line commencing at the point of intersection of the meridian of Longitude 146°02’02” East and the Mean Low Water Mark of the coastline of the Australian mainland near the township of Cardwell (approximate Latitude 18°16’20” South), running in a north-easterly direction in a straight line to the point of intersection of Latitude 18°16’05” South and Longitude 146°02’44” East, then in a south-easterly direction in a straight line to the point of intersection of Latitude 18°16’18” South and Longitude 146°03’18” East, then in a south-easterly direction in a straight line to the point of intersection of Latitude 18°16’54” South and Longitude 146°03’29” East, then in a south-westerly direction in a straight line to the point of intersection of Latitude 18°17’18” South and the Mean Low Water Mark of the coastline of the Australian mainland (approximate Longitude 146°03’06”), and then in a generally north-westerly direction along the line of Mean Low Water Mark to the point of commencement.\n\nSigned and sealed with the  \nGreat Seal of Australia on  \n15-11-94\n\n(L.S.)\n\nBILL HAYDEN  \nGovernor-General\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nJOHN FAULKNER\n\nMinister for the Environment, Sport and Territories","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"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"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This proclamation performs exactly the function intended by the parent Act: declaring specific property at risk to trigger protective provisions. The scope remains tightly constrained to the described geographic area."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision: one declaration under one subsection","No defined terms within the instrument itself (relies on external Act for definitions)","Geographic description is precise but mechanically simple: 5 boundary points described by coordinates","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references within the proclamation text","Total length: approximately 250 words"],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation (under the World Heritage Properties Conservation Act 1983) designates a specific coastal strip and adjacent waters near Cardwell, QLD as at risk and therefore protected under section 9. It directly affects anyone planning activities in that precisely mapped ~1 km area by triggering Commonwealth prohibitions on actions likely to cause damage. \n\nIt mattered because it let the Commonwealth halt developments threatening World Heritage values (pre-1999 EPBC framework)."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This proclamation applies an existing statutory power (s6(3)) to designate a specific area as subject to section 9; it does not change the statutory scope or create new powers. The effect is to trigger the Act's s9 regime for the listed coordinates rather than to amend or expand the Act itself."},"complexity_factors":["Technical geographic description using precise latitude/longitude and tidal baseline (Mean Low Water Mark) requires mapping competence to identify exact boundaries.","Legal effect depends wholly on the content and obligations of section 9 of the parent Act, which is not reproduced here.","Relatively simple procedural mechanism: invocation of the s6(3) proclamation power to apply s9 to a defined area.","Potential interpretive ambiguity in the factual predicate \"likely to be damaged\"—the proclamation records satisfaction but not the underlying evidence or criteria.","Practical compliance burden and enforcement costs fall on unspecified local users/owners rather than the Commonwealth (implied consequence rather than detailed here).","The instrument does not amend substantive law; it only designates area, so operational complexity centres on implementation and enforcement rather than legislative drafting."],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation, made by the Governor‑General under subsection 6(3) of the World Heritage Properties Conservation Act 1983, declares a specific coastal area near Cardwell to be ‘‘property to which section 9 applies’’ because it was judged likely to be damaged (s6(3); s9). \n\nThe Governor‑General (acting with Federal Executive Council advice) therefore places that mapped area under the regulatory regime and restrictions that section 9 creates, meaning local land/sea users and owners face the compliance obligations and any enforcement costs that follow from s9."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/world-heritage-properties-conservation-act-1983-proclamation-under-section-9-intersection-of-the-mer","history":"/api/acts/world-heritage-properties-conservation-act-1983-proclamation-under-section-9-intersection-of-the-mer/history","analysis":"/api/acts/world-heritage-properties-conservation-act-1983-proclamation-under-section-9-intersection-of-the-mer/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/world-heritage-properties-conservation-act-1983-proclamation-under-section-9-intersection-of-the-mer/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/world-heritage-properties-conservation-act-1983-proclamation-under-section-9-intersection-of-the-mer/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/world-heritage-properties-conservation-act-1983-proclamation-under-section-9-intersection-of-the-mer/documents"}}