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GREAT BARRIER REEF MARINE PARK (PROHIBITION OF DRILLING FOR PETROLEUM) REPEAL REGULATIONS 1999 1999 NO. 338

STATUTORY RULES 1999 No. 338

ISSUED BY AUTHORITY OF THE MINISTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (Prohibition of Drilling for Petroleum) Repeal Regulations 1999

Purpose of Regulations

The purpose of these Regulations is to repeal the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (Prohibition of Drilling for Petroleum) Regulations.

Regulation Details

These Regulations repeal the Great Barrier Reef (Prohibition on Drilling for Petroleum) Regulations. Those Regulations are to be replaced by the Great Barrier Reef Region (Prohibition of Mining) Regulations 1999.

The Great Barrier Reef (Prohibition on Drilling for Petroleum) Regulations prohibited drilling for petroleum in that part of the Great Barrier Reef Region which was not for the time being a part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. The Great Barrier Reef Region (Prohibition of Mining) Regulations 1999 will expand the prohibition to operations for the recovery of minerals.

The extension of the mining prohibition in the Great Barrier Reef Region demonstrates the Governments ongoing commitment to the protection of the World Heritage values of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area and in particular its commitment to protect the Marine Park.

Impact On Business

These repeal regulations do not affect business and therefore no Regulatory Impact Statement has been prepared in connection with these repeal Regulations. However, a Regulatory Impact Statement has been prepared in respect of the replacement Great Barrier Reef Region (Prohibition of Mining) Regulations 1999.

The Regulations commence on gazettal.