Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (Commonwealth Marine Reserves) Proclamation 2012
Part 4Murat Commonwealth Marine Reserve
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Part 4 Murat Commonwealth Marine Reserve
This reserve is the Murat Commonwealth Marine Reserve.
Note Section 6 states the purposes of the reserve, section 7 states the depth of any land that may be included in the reserve and section 8 states the depth of the seabed included in the reserve.
The Murat Commonwealth Marine Reserve is assigned to IUCN category II (national park).
Note Regulation 10.03H of the regulations lists each IUCN category and Schedule 8 to the regulations sets out the Australian IUCN reserve management principles for each IUCN category.
The Murat Commonwealth Marine Reserve consists of an area in the Southern Ocean bounded by the line commencing at the point described in item 1 of the following table and running progressively as described in the table.
| 1 | The point of latitude 32° 22′ 00″ S, longitude 132° 30′ 00″ E | | 2 | East along the parallel of latitude 32° 22′ 00″ S to its intersection by the meridian of longitude 132° 48′ 00″ E | | 3 | South along that meridian to its intersection by the parallel of latitude 32° 40′ 00″ S | | 4 | West along that parallel to its intersection by the meridian of longitude 132° 30′ 00″ E |