Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ACT 1999 - SECT 346

Content of Proclamation

  (1)   The Proclamation declaring an area to be a Commonwealth reserve must:

  (a)   give a name to the reserve; and

  (b)   state the purposes for which the reserve is declared; and

  (c)   state the depth of any land included in the reserve; and

  (d)   state the depth of the seabed that is under any sea included in the reserve; and

  (e)   assign the reserve to a category (an IUCN category ) prescribed in regulations made for the purposes of this subsection.

Assigning different zones of a reserve to different IUCN categories

  (2)   A Proclamation may also divide a reserve into zones and assign each zone to an IUCN category.

Assigning leasehold land to IUCN categories

  (3)   Before the Governor - General makes a Proclamation assigning a Commonwealth reserve or zone including land or seabed held by the Commonwealth or the Director under lease to a particular IUCN category, the Minister must be satisfied that the category to which it is proposed to assign the reserve or zone is consistent with the terms of the lease.