Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (Commonwealth Marine Reserves) Proclamation 2012
Part 6Twilight Commonwealth Marine Reserve
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Part 6 Twilight Commonwealth Marine Reserve
This reserve is the Twilight 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 Twilight 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 Twilight 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 33° 06′ 00″ S, longitude 125° 48′ 00″ E | | 2 | North along the meridian of longitude 125° 48′ 00″ E to its intersection by the outer limit of the State waters of Western Australia | | 3 | Generally north-easterly and easterly along that outer limit to its intersection by the meridian of longitude 126° 26′ 24″ E | | 4 | South along that meridian to its intersection by the parallel of latitude 32° 58′ 00″ S | | 5 | South-westerly along the geodesic to the point of commencement |