Section 346 — Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999: Content of Proclamation declaring Commonwealth reserve

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.