Part 5Great Australian Bight Commonwealth Marine Reserve

Part 5 Great Australian Bight Commonwealth Marine Reserve

  This reserve is the Great Australian Bight 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 Great Australian Bight Commonwealth Marine Reserve is assigned to IUCN category VI (managed resource protected area).

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 Great Australian Bight 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° 12′ 00″ S, longitude 132° 08′ 00″ E | | 2 | West along the parallel of latitude 32° 12′ 00″ S to its intersection by the meridian of longitude 131° 14′ 06″ E | | 3 | South along that meridian to its intersection by the parallel of latitude 32° 28′ 00″ S | | 4 | West along that parallel to its intersection by the meridian of longitude 130° 51′ 58″ E | | 5 | South along that meridian to its intersection by the parallel of latitude 34° 18′ 00″ S | | 6 | East along that parallel to its intersection by the meridian of longitude 131° 30′ 00″ E | | 7 | South along that meridian to its intersection by the outer limit of the exclusive economic zone | | 8 | Generally north-westerly along that outer limit to its intersection by the meridian of longitude 130° 28′ 02″ E | | 9 | North along that meridian to its intersection by the parallel of latitude 32° 28′ 00″ S | | 10 | West along that parallel to its intersection by the meridian of longitude 130° 22′ 00″ E | | 11 | North along that meridian to its intersection by the parallel of latitude 32° 12′ 00″ S | | 12 | West along that parallel to its intersection by the boundary between the scheduled areas of Western Australia and South Australia | | 13 | North along that boundary to the westernmost point on the outer limit of the State waters of South Australia | | 14 | Generally easterly and south-easterly along that outer limit to its intersection by the meridian of longitude 132° 08′ 00″ E | | 15 | South along that meridian to the point of commencement |

 (1) The Great Australian Bight Commonwealth Marine Reserve is divided into the following zones:

 (a) the special purpose zones described in clauses 5.5, 5.7 and 5.8 of this Part;

 (b) the marine national park zone described in clause 5.6 of this Part;

 (c) the multiple use zone described in clause 5.9 of this Part.

 (3) The special purpose zones are each assigned to IUCN category VI (managed resource protected area).