Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

GREAT BARRIER REEF MARINE PARK ACT 1975 - SECT 31

             (1)  Subject to subsection (5), the Governor‑General may, by Proclamation, declare an area specified in the Proclamation, being an area within the Great Barrier Reef Region, to be a part of the Marine Park and assign a name or other designation to that area.

             (2)  Where an area is, for the time being, declared by Proclamation under subsection (1) to be a part of the Marine Park:

                     (a)  the waters of any sea within the area;

                     (b)  the sea‑bed beneath any sea within the area;

                     (c)  the subsoil beneath any such sea‑bed, extending to such depth below the sea‑bed as is specified in the Proclamation;

                     (d)  the sub‑soil beneath any land within the area, extending to such depth below the surface as is specified in the Proclamation; and

                     (e)  the airspace above the area, extending to such height above the surface as is specified in the Proclamation;

shall be taken to be in the Marine Park and, for the purposes of this Act, part of the area.

             (3)  Subject to subsection (4), the Governor‑General may, by Proclamation, revoke or amend a Proclamation made under subsection (1).

             (4)  Before the Governor‑General makes a Proclamation causing an area in the Great Barrier Reef Region to cease to be part of the Marine Park, the Minister must be satisfied:

                     (a)  that the Proclamation, if made, would be in accordance with a resolution passed by each House of the Parliament on a motion; and

                     (b)  that notice of the motion was given no less than 15 sitting days of that House before the motion was moved.

             (5)  Before the Governor‑General makes a Proclamation, the Minister must consider a report by the Authority in relation to the matter dealt with by the Proclamation.