Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 - Proclamation - Heard Island and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve (03/10/2002) (Cth)

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (Heard Island and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve) Proclamation 2002

as amended made under subsection 344(1) of the

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

Compilation start date: 28 March 2014

Includes amendments up to: Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Heard Island and McDonald Islands) Proclamation 2014

About this compilation

This compilation This is a compilation of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (Heard Island and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve) Proclamation 2002 as in force on 28 March 2014. It includes any commenced amendment affecting the legislation to that date.

This compilation was prepared on 28 March 2014.

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I, PETER JOHN HOLLINGWORTH, Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and under subsection 344(1) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999: (a) declare the area specified in the Schedule to be a Commonwealth reserve for the purpose of protecting the conservation values of Heard and McDonald Islands and the adjacent unique and vulnerable marine ecosystems; and (b) assign to the reserve the name "Heard Island and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve"; and (c) specify that the land and seabed to a depth of 1000 metres within the declared area is within the reserve; and (d) assign the reserve to the World Conservation Union (IUCN) category of strict nature reserve.