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PROCLAMATION Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, and under subsection 350(1) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, amend the Proclamation made under subsection 7(2) of the National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1975 and published in the Gazette No. S 172 of 22 April 1998 establishing the Great Australian Bight Marine Park (Commonwealth Waters) by omitting the schedule to that Proclamation and substituting the schedule to this Proclamation. Signed and sealed with the Great Seal of Australia on 4 November 2004 P. M. Jeffery Governor-General By His Excellency’s Command Ian Campbell Minister for the Environment and Heritage Federal Register of Legislative Instruments F2007B00718 SCHEDULE Great Australian Bight Marine Park (Commonwealth Waters) All of that area within the Southern Ocean contained within and bounded as follows*: (i) commencing at the intersection of the parallel of latitude 31 degrees 47 minutes south and the adjacent area** boundary between Western Australia and South Australia; (ii) then generally north along that adjacent area boundary to its intersection with the outer limit of the coastal waters*** of South Australia; (iii) then generally east along the outer limit of the coastal waters of South Australia to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 31 degrees 47 minutes south; (iv) then west along the parallel of latitude 31 degrees 47 minutes south to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 130 degrees 51 minutes 58 seconds east; (v) then south along the meridian of longitude 130 degrees 51 minutes 58 seconds east to its intersection with the outer limit of the exclusive economic zone****; (vi) then generally northwest along the outer limit of the exclusive economic zone to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 130 degrees 28 minutes 2 seconds east; (vii) then north along the meridian of longitude 130 degrees 28 minutes 2 seconds east to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 31 degrees 47 minutes south; and (viii) then west along the parallel of latitude 31 degrees 47 minutes to the point of commencement. * All geographic coordinates are expressed in terms of the Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994 (GDA94) as described in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette GN35 of 6 September 1995. ** The adjacent area in relation to each State and the Northern Territory is the area the boundary of which is described under the headings referring to that State and the Northern Territory in Schedule 2 to the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967 immediately before the commencement of the Coastal Waters (State Powers) Act 1980 and Coastal Waters (Northern Territory Powers) Act 1980. *** The coastal waters are defined in relation to each State and the Northern Territory by the Coastal Waters (State Powers) Act 1980 and Coastal Waters (Northern Territory Powers) Act 1980. **** The exclusive economic zone in relation to Australia and its external territories has been declared under the Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973 in accordance with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (Proclamation dated 26 July 1994 published in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette No. S 290 of 29 July 1994). Federal Register of Legislative Instruments F2007B00718