Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) For the purposes of the definition of compulsory pilotage area in subsection 3(1) of the Act, the following parts of the Great Barrier Reef Region are prescribed:
(a) the inner route described in subsection (2);
(b) Hydrographer's Passage described in subsection (3);
(c) the Whitsundays compulsory pilotage area described in subsection (4).
(2) The inner route is the waters bounded by:
(a) the Australian mainland; and
(b) the northern boundary of the Great Barrier Reef Region; and
(c) the outer eastern edge of the Great Barrier Reef; and
(d) the parallel 16º39.91′S.
(3) The Hydrographer's Passage is the area bounded by the line starting at the point described in item 1 of the following table and running sequentially as described in the table.
Hydrographer's Passage compulsory pilotage area | |
Item | Description |
1 | The point 20º39.110′ S 149º49.360′E |
2 | Easterly along the geodesic to 20º35.910′ S 150º07.360′E |
3 | North - easterly along the geodesic to 20º28.310′ S 150º18.060′E |
4 | North - westerly along the geodesic to 20º02.910′ S 150º03.060′E |
5 | North - easterly along the geodesic to 19º54.910′ S 150º16.560′E |
6 | Northerly along the geodesic to 19º39.910′ S 150º10.560′E |
7 | South - easterly along the geodesic to 19º50.910′ S 150º33.060′E |
8 | South - westerly along the geodesic to 20º01.410′ S 150º25.860′E |
9 | South - westerly along the geodesic to 20º06.910′ S 150º17.260′E |
10 | South - easterly along the geodesic to 20º19.910′ S 150º27.060′E |
11 | South along the meridian 150º27.060′E to latitude 20º32.910′S |
12 | South - westerly along the geodesic to 20º41.510′ S 150º11.660′E |
13 | South - westerly along the geodesic to 20º54.410′ S 150º01.960′E |
14 | North - westerly along the geodesic to the starting point |
(4) The Whitsundays compulsory pilotage area is the area bounded by the line starting at the point described in item 1 of the following table and running sequentially as described in the table.
Whitsundays compulsory pilotage area | |
Item | Description |
1 | The northernmost point of Cape Gloucester mainland coastline at low water (at the point closest to 20º03.606′ S 148º27.159′E) |
2 | North - westerly along the geodesic to 19º58.020′ S 148º18.600′E |
3 | Northerly along the geodesic to 19º57.830′ S 148º18.530′E |
4 | Easterly along the geodesic to 19º58.000′ S 148º21.680′E |
5 | Easterly along the geodesic to 19º58.280′ S 148º27.050′E |
6 | Easterly along the geodesic to 19º58.370′ S 148º27.400′E |
7 | Easterly along the geodesic to 19º59.280′ S 148º33.620′E |
8 | South - easterly along the geodesic to 20º00.820′ S 148º37.480′E |
9 | Easterly along the geodesic to 20º02.170′ S 148º53.070′E |
10 | South - easterly along the geodesic to 20º03.580′ S 148º57.920′E |
11 | South - easterly along the geodesic to 20º14.420′ S 149º10.470′E |
12 | South - easterly along the geodesic to 20º15.200′ S 149º11.150′E |
13 | Southerly along the geodesic to 20º28.930′ S 149º08.030′E |
14 | South - easterly along the geodesic to 20º31.200′ S 149º09.070′E |
15 | South - easterly along the geodesic to 20º34.280′ S 149º10.500′E |
16 | Westerly along the geodesic to 20º33.910′ S 149º07.060′E |
17 | Westerly along the geodesic to 20º39.730′ S 148º45.820′E |
18 | West along the parallel 20º39.730′S to its intersection of the mainland coastline at mean low water near Midge Point (at the point closest to 20°39.730′ S 148º43.414′E) |
19 | Generally northerly, easterly, south - easterly and north - westerly along the mainland coastline at mean low water to the starting point |