Underwater Cultural Heritage Act 2018 (Protected Zones) Declaration Instrument 2019 (Cth)

Underwater Cultural Heritage Act 2018 (Protected Zones) Declaration Instrument 2019

I, Sussan Ley, Minister for the Environment, pursuant to subsection 20(1) of the Underwater Cultural Heritage Act 2018, hereby declare the areas described in Schedule 1, being areas containing protected underwater cultural heritage, to be protected zones; and the prohibited conduct specified for each area in the Schedule to be prohibited within the corresponding protected zone.

Dated 26 June 2019

Sussan Ley Minister for the Environment

Contents 1 Name 2 Commencement 3 Authority 4 Definitions Schedule 1—Protected Zones

1 Name This instrument is the Underwater Cultural Heritage Act 2018 (Protected Zones) Declaration Instrument 2019.

2 Commencement This instrument commences1 July 2019 and remain in force for a period of 12 years, unless earlier varied or revoked.

3 Authority This instrument is made under subsection 20(1) of the Underwater Cultural Heritage Act 2018.

4 Definitions In this instrument: Act means the Underwater Cultural Heritage Act 2018. Australian waters means those water described in Section 11 of the Act. WGS84 datum means the World Geodetic System 1984 datum that is used for cartography, geodesy, and satellite navigation purposes and is defined and maintained by the United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA).

5 Schedule Each Protected Zone specified in a Schedule to this instrument is declared as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Protected Zones

(1) So much of the area bounded by an imaginary line forming a circle with a radius of 500 metres the centre of which is at the intersection of Latitude 26° 59' 42" South with Longitude 153° 28' 42" East as defined using WGS84 datum and consists of Australian waters, within which the remains of a vessel and associated articles are located, that appear to be the Aarhus (1894).