9Operation of Schedules 1 to 5

9 Operation of Schedules 1 to 5

(1) In Schedules 1 to 5:

(a) lines are specified by reference to points; and

(b) the columns of an item in a table in which a point is specified set out information about the point; and

(c) the information about the point:

(i) includes the point identifier shown in the first column of an item in the table (the point identifier is sometimes used in this Proclamation to refer to the point); and

(ii) may also include a treaty point reference, which is a reference to how the point is referred to in the relevant treaty for a point mentioned in section 10; and

(iii) also includes geographic coordinates for the point (for more about geographic coordinates, see section 11); and

(d) the geographic coordinates for a point determine the location of the point for this Proclamation.

Note For some points mentioned in Schedule 1, the information may include more than one treaty (and more than one treaty point reference).

(2) In Schedules 1 and 3:

(a) the geographic coordinates for a point (and the datum by reference
to which they are determined) shown in Part 1 of each Schedule determine the location of the point for this Proclamation; and

(b) the geographic coordinates shown in Part 2 of each Schedule:

(i) represent the authoritative conversion for some of the points mentioned in Part 1 of each Schedule into the International Terrestrial Reference Frame 2000 (ITRF2000), as defined by the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service at epoch 1 January 2000 in IERS Technical Note No. 31; and

(ii) are included for the information of readers; and

(iii) do not determine the location of those points for this Proclamation; and

(iv) are included to clarify the relationship between certain historical datums and ITRF 2000, so that a connection with future datums can be maintained.