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Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (Prohibition of Drilling for Petroleum) Repeal Regulations 1999

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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.

Jurisdiction

Commonwealth

Act Number

338 of 1999

Collection

legislative instrument

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This regulation removes an old ban on oil and gas drilling in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.

Specifically, it repeals the 1983 regulations that originally prohibited petroleum exploration and extraction in the Marine Park (Statutory Rules 1983 Nos. 148 and 232). Once this repeal takes effect, those specific prohibitions no longer exist as regulations.

Why this matters: This is essentially housekeeping—removing outdated rules. In practice, drilling in the Reef is still prohibited because similar protections were moved into the main Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975 itself, making these separate regulations redundant. The repeal ensures the law is tidy and avoids duplication.

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Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (Prohibition of Drilling for Petroleum) Repeal Regulations 1999

Statutory Rules 1999 No. 338

I, WILLIAM PATRICK DEANE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975.

Dated 15 December 1999.

WILLIAM DEANE Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

ROBERT HILL

Minister for the Environment and Heritage

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Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (Prohibition of Drilling for Petroleum) Repeal Regulations 1999

Statutory Rules 1999 No. 3381

made under the

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975

Contents

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1 Name of Regulations

2 Commencement

3 Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (Prohibition of Drilling for Petroleum) Regulations — repeal

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1 Name of Regulations

These Regulations are the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (Prohibition of Drilling for Petroleum) Repeal Regulations 1999.

2 Commencement

These Regulations commence on gazettal.

3 Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (Prohibition of Drilling for Petroleum) Regulations — repeal

The following statutory rules are repealed:

1983 Nos. 148 and 232.

Note

1. Made by the Governor-General on 15 December 1999, and notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 22 December 1999.

Source text

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Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (Prohibition of Drilling for Petroleum) Repeal Regulations 1999

Statutory Rules 1999 No. 338

Dated 15 December 1999.

WILLIAM DEANE Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

ROBERT HILL

Minister for the Environment and Heritage

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (Prohibition of Drilling for Petroleum) Repeal Regulations 1999

Statutory Rules 1999 No. 3381

made under the

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975

Contents

Page

1 Name of Regulations

2 Commencement

3 Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (Prohibition of Drilling for Petroleum) Regulations — repeal

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Do not delete : Division placeholder

1 Name of Regulations

These Regulations are the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (Prohibition of Drilling for Petroleum) Repeal Regulations 1999.

2 Commencement

These Regulations commence on gazettal.

3 Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (Prohibition of Drilling for Petroleum) Regulations — repeal

The following statutory rules are repealed:

1983 Nos. 148 and 232.

Note

1. Made by the Governor-General on 15 December 1999, and notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 22 December 1999.

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