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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.
This proclamation creates the Tasmanian Seamounts Marine Reserve — a protected area of ocean and seabed off the coast of Tasmania. It gives legal protection to a specific patch of the Southern Ocean that includes underwater mountains (seamounts), which are important habitats for deep-sea marine life.
What it does:
Why it matters: This legally protects the unique ecosystem around these underwater mountains from exploitation or damage, preserving the biodiversity of this deep-sea environment for conservation purposes.
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Direct links to the current provisions in Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 - Proclamation - Tasmanian Seamounts Marine Reserve (12/05/1999).
I, WILLIAM PATRICK DEANE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, under subsection 7(2) of the National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1975:
(a) declare the area specified in the Schedule to be a reserve; and
(b) assign to the reserve the name “Tasmanian Seamounts Marine Reserve”; and
(c) specify that the subsoil extending to a depth of 100 metres below the sea-bed within the declared area is within the reserve.
Signed and sealed with the
Great Seal of Australia
12 May 1999
WILLIAM DEANE
Governor-General
By His Excellency’s Command
Robert Hill
Minister for the Environment and Heritage
Schedule
Tasmanian Seamounts Marine Reserve
All of that area within the Southern Ocean contained within and bounded as
follows:
a) commencing at the point of Latitude 44o30’South and Longitude 147o25’East,
b) and proceeding in a westerly direction along the parallel of latitude
to the point Latitude 44o30’South and Longitude 147o14’East,
c) then in a north-westerly direction along the geodesic to the point
Latitude 44o18’50”South and Longitude 147o10’East,
d) then in an easterly direction along the parallel of latitude to the
point Latitude 44o18’50”South and Longitude 147o15’50”East,
e) then in a north-easterly direction along the geodesic to the point
Latitude 44o16’South and Longitude 147o25’East,
f) then in a southerly direction along the meridian to the point of commencement.
All coordinates are referred to the Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994
(GDA94).
Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation (legislation.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.
I, WILLIAM PATRICK DEANE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, under subsection 7(2) of the National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1975:
(a) declare the area specified in the Schedule to be a reserve; and
(b) assign to the reserve the name “Tasmanian Seamounts Marine Reserve”; and
(c) specify that the subsoil extending to a depth of 100 metres below the sea-bed within the declared area is within the reserve.
Signed and sealed with the
Great Seal of Australia
12 May 1999
WILLIAM DEANE
Governor-General
By His Excellency’s Command
Robert Hill
Minister for the Environment and Heritage
Schedule
Tasmanian Seamounts Marine Reserve
All of that area within the Southern Ocean contained within and bounded as
follows:
a) commencing at the point of Latitude 44o30’South and Longitude 147o25’East,
b) and proceeding in a westerly direction along the parallel of latitude
to the point Latitude 44o30’South and Longitude 147o14’East,
c) then in a north-westerly direction along the geodesic to the point
Latitude 44o18’50”South and Longitude 147o10’East,
d) then in an easterly direction along the parallel of latitude to the
point Latitude 44o18’50”South and Longitude 147o15’50”East,
e) then in a north-easterly direction along the geodesic to the point
Latitude 44o16’South and Longitude 147o25’East,
f) then in a southerly direction along the meridian to the point of commencement.
All coordinates are referred to the Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994
(GDA94).