Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (Indian Ocean Territories Marine Parks) Proclamation 2022 (Cth)

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (Indian Ocean Territories Marine Parks) Proclamation 2022

I, General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Proclamation.

Signed and Sealed with the Great Seal of Australia on

17 March 2022

David Hurley Governor‑General By His Excellency's Command

Sussan Ley Minister for the Environment

Contents 1 Name 2 Commencement 3 Authority 4 Definitions 5 Declaration of Commonwealth reserves 6 Names of Commonwealth reserves 7 Purposes for Commonwealth reserves 8 Depth of land included in Commonwealth reserves 9 Depth of seabed included in Commonwealth reserves 10 IUCN categories of Commonwealth reserves 11 Zones of Commonwealth reserves 12 Geographic coordinates Schedule 1—Indian Ocean Territories Marine Parks Part 1—Christmas Island Marine Park 1.1 Name of reserve 1.2 Area of reserve 1.3 Zones for reserve 1.4 Zone 1 of reserve—national park zone 1.5 Zone 2 of reserve—habitat protection zone Part 2—Cocos (Keeling) Islands Marine Park 2.1 Name of reserve 2.2 Area of reserve 2.3 Zones for reserve 2.4 Zone 1 of reserve—national park zone 2.5 Zone 2 of reserve—habitat protection zone 2.6 Zone 3 of reserve—national park zone 2.7 Zone 4 of reserve—national park zone

1 Name This instrument is the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (Indian Ocean Territories Marine Parks) Proclamation 2022.

2 Commencement (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.