PROCLAMATION

Commonwealth of    By His Excellency the

Australia     Governor-General of

N. M. STEPHEN    the Commonwealth of

Governor-General    Australia

WHEREAS it is provided by sub-section (2) of section 7 of the National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1975 that, amongst other things, the Governor-General may, by Proclamation, declare an area specified in the Proclamation to be a reserve and assign a name to that reserve:

AND WHEREAS it is provided by sub-section (11) of that section that the Governor-General shall not make a Proclamation under that section, other than a Proclamation in relation to certain land or sea in the Northern Territory of Australia referred to in sub-section (11A) of that section, except after consideration by the Federal Executive Council of a report by the Director of National Parks and Wildlife in relation to the matter dealt with by the Proclamation:

AND WHEREAS the Federal executive Council has considered a report by the Director of National Parks and Wildlife in relation to the declaration of the area specified in the Schedule to be a reserve:

NOW THEREFORE I, Sir Ninian Martin Stephen, the Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby:

(a)                declare the area specified in the Schedule to be a reserve;

(b)               assign the name ‘Ashmore Reef National Nature Reserve’ to that reserve; and

(c)                specify the depth of 200 metres for the purposes of paragraphs (6) (a) and (6) (c) of that section.

SCHEDULE

Ashmore Reef National Nature Reserve

The area the boundary of which:

(1)               commences at the point of Longitude 123o00’East Latitude 12o10’South;

(2)               runs thence east along the parallel of 12o10’South to its intersection by the meridian of Longitude 123o14’East;

(3)               runs thence south-easterly along the geodesic to the point of Longitude 123o16’East Latitude 12o13’South;

(4)               runs thence south along the meridian of 123o16’East to its intersection by the parallel of Latitude 12o16’South;

(5)               runs thence south-westerly along the geodesic to the point of Longitude 123o10’East Latitude 12o20’South;

(6)               runs thence north-westerly along the geodesic to the point of Longitude 123o00’East Latitude 12o19’South;

(7)               runs thence north-westerly along the geodesic to the point of Longitude 122o53’East Latitude 12o14’South;

(8)               runs thence north-easterly along the geodesic to the point of Longitude 122o55’East Latitude 12o12’South;

(9)               runs thence north-easterly along the geodesic to the point of commencement.

(L.S.) GIVEN under my Hand and the

Great Seal of Australia

on the 28th day of July 1983.

By His Excellency’s Command,

BARRY COHEN

Minister of State for

Home Affairs and Environment

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

(Ex.Min.No.14)