{"id":"F2008B00789","name":"World Heritage Properties Conservation Act 1983 - Proclamation under section 9 - para 3(a) of the World Heritage Properties Conservation Regulations (26/05/1983)","slug":"world-heritage-properties-conservation-act-1983-proclamation-under-section-9-para-3-a-of-the-world-h","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":72087,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2008B00789-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 - para 3(a) of the World Heritage Properties Conservation Regulations (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 that part of the property described in paragraph 3 (a) of the World Heritage Properties Conservation Regulations that is within those areas described in the Schedule is likely to be damaged or destroyed, hereby declare that part of the property described in paragraph 3 (a) of the World Heritage Properties Conservation Regulations that is within those areas described in the Schedule to be property to which section 9 of that Act applies.\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\nSCHEDULE\n\nAll those areas of land\n\n(a) containing in the aggregate 4585 hectares or thereabouts shown coloured red on the plan and surrounded by black lines as shown by co-ordinates, bearings and other marked references;\n\n(b) containing 10 320 hectares or thereabouts shown coloured blue or yellow on the plan and surrounded by black lines as shown by co-ordinates, bearings and other marked references and the contour line S.L. 80 metres shown on the plan and marked ‘S.L.80M’ or ‘S.L.80 metres’.\n\nIn this Schedule, ‘the plan’ means the plan\n\n(a) that is marked with the words ‘World Heritage (Western Tasmania Wilderness) Regulations area to which regulations apply’;\n\n(b) that bears the signature of the Minister for Home Affairs and Environment; and\n\n(c) that is numbered S181/001 and deposited with the Commonwealth Surveyor-General and available for inspection at the Australian Survey Office at 188 Collins Street, Hobart in the State of Tasmania.\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_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This proclamation represents the original intended use of the Act—emergency protection of specific threatened World Heritage areas. It has not expanded beyond this purpose; it is precisely the narrow, targeted intervention the legislation was designed to enable."},"complexity_factors":["Very short document (under 500 words)","Only one operative provision (the declaration itself)","Simple conditional structure: 'being satisfied that... hereby declare'","No defined terms beyond 'the plan' in the Schedule","Single cross-reference to section 9 of the parent Act and paragraph 3(a) of the Regulations","Geographic description relies on external map rather than textual boundaries"],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation declares about 14,905 hectares of land in western Tasmania protected under the World Heritage Properties Conservation Act 1983, after being judged “likely to be damaged or destroyed.” It brings those mapped areas into a federally controlled conservation zone.\n\nIt affects anyone proposing activities there by overriding normal state arrangements. The move was central to the Franklin Dam controversy, where the Commonwealth used World Heritage powers to stop a hydroelectric dam and sparked a major federal–state constitutional clash."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument does not amend the Act or the Regulations; it operates by applying the existing section 9 regime to specified areas described in the Schedule and the deposited plan S181/001. It therefore specifies which parcels fall within the Act’s scope rather than changing the statutory scope or substantive legal text."},"complexity_factors":["Delegated decision point: Governor‑General acting with Federal Executive Council must be \"satisfied\" areas are \"likely to be damaged or destroyed\" (cites sub‑section 6(3)).","Operative effect is achieved by declaring areas to which section 9 applies (references section 9 of the Act).","Reliance on external, deposited plan (numbered S181/001) for legal description of boundaries and areas increases legal-technical dependency on that document.","Plan uses colours, aggregate hectare figures and a contour line (S.L. 80 metres) to define areas; terms such as \"or thereabouts\" introduce measurement imprecision.","Formal attestation requirements: Minister's signature, deposit with Commonwealth Surveyor‑General, and specific public inspection location (Australian Survey Office, Hobart).","Temporal and administrative facts (date of proclamation, ministerial instrument) determine immediacy and proof of application.","Regulatory cross‑references: identification depends on paragraph 3(a) of the World Heritage Properties Conservation Regulations in addition to the Act."],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation designates particular mapped areas in western Tasmania as being subject to section 9 of the World Heritage Properties Conservation Act 1983 because those areas are judged likely to be damaged or destroyed. It affects owners and users of the named parcels by bringing those parcels within the Act’s legal regime and matters because it fixes the application by reference to a deposited plan (S181/001), colour coding, hectare measures and a contour line."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/world-heritage-properties-conservation-act-1983-proclamation-under-section-9-para-3-a-of-the-world-h","history":"/api/acts/world-heritage-properties-conservation-act-1983-proclamation-under-section-9-para-3-a-of-the-world-h/history","analysis":"/api/acts/world-heritage-properties-conservation-act-1983-proclamation-under-section-9-para-3-a-of-the-world-h/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/world-heritage-properties-conservation-act-1983-proclamation-under-section-9-para-3-a-of-the-world-h/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/world-heritage-properties-conservation-act-1983-proclamation-under-section-9-para-3-a-of-the-world-h/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/world-heritage-properties-conservation-act-1983-proclamation-under-section-9-para-3-a-of-the-world-h/documents"}}