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Survey (Geocentric Datum of Australia)
Act 1999 No 30
Contents
Page
Part 1 Preliminary
1 Name of Act 2
2 Commencement 2
3 Notes 2
Part 2 Geocentric Datum of Australia
4 What is the Geocentric Datum of Australia? 3
Part 3 Miscellaneous
5 Regulations 4
6 Savings, transitional and other provisions 4
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Contents
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7 Amendment of other Acts 4
Schedules
1 Savings, transitional and other provisions 5
2 Amendment of other Acts 6
Note 16
Contents page 2
New South Wales
Survey (Geocentric Datum of Australia)
Act 1999 No 30
Act No 30, 1999
An Act to define the Geocentric Datum of Australia; to amend certain other Acts
in relation to that Datum; and for other purposes. [Assented to 7 July 1999]
Section 1 Survey (Geocentric Datum of Australia) Act 1999 No 30
Part 1 Preliminary
The Legislature of New South Wales enacts:
Part 1 Preliminary
1 Name of Act
This Act is the Survey (Geocentric Datum of Australia) Act 1999.
2 Commencement
This Act commences on a day or days to be appointed by
proclamation.
3 Notes
Notes included in this Act are explanatory notes and do not form part
of this Act.
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Survey (Geocentric Datum of Australia) Act 1999 No 30 Section 4
Geocentric Datum of Australia Part 2
Part 2 Geocentric Datum of Australia
4 What is the Geocentric Datum of Australia?
(1) The Geocentric Datum of Australia is the datum contained in the
notice of the Office of Surveyor General published in Gazette No 88
of 8 August 1997 at pages 6127 and 6128 and designated "The
Geocentric Datum of Australia (GDA)", as amended or replaced from
time to time in accordance with this section.
(2) The Surveyor-General may, from time to time, by notice published in
the Gazette:
(a) amend or replace the Geocentric Datum of Australia, and
(b) specify, and amend or replace, systems that may be used in map
projections in connection with that Datum.
(3) Any such notice takes effect on the date of its publication or, if a later
date is specified in the notice, on the later date.
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Section 5 Survey (Geocentric Datum of Australia) Act 1999 No 30
Part 3 Miscellaneous
Part 3 Miscellaneous
5 Regulations
The Governor may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, for
or with respect to any matter that by this Act is required or permitted
to be prescribed or that is necessary or convenient to be prescribed for
carrying out or giving effect to this Act.
6 Savings, transitional and other provisions
Schedule 1 has effect.
7 Amendment of other Acts
The Acts set out in Schedule 2 are amended as specified in that
Schedule.
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Savings, transitional and other provisions Schedule 1
Schedule 1 Savings, transitional and other provisions
(Section 6)
1 Regulations
(1) The regulations may contain provisions of a savings or transitional
nature consequent on:
(a) the publication by the Surveyor-General of a notice under
section 4 (2), or
(b) the enactment of the following Acts:
this Act
(2) Any such provision may, if the regulations so provide, take effect from
the date of publication of the notice under section 4 (2) or the date of
assent to the Act concerned (as the case may be), or a later date.
(3) To the extent to which any such provision takes effect from a date that
is earlier than the date of its publication in the Gazette, the provision
does not operate so as:
(a) to affect, in a manner prejudicial to any person (other than the
State or an authority of the State), the rights of that person
existing before the date of its publication, or
(b) to impose liabilities on any person (other than the State or an
authority of the State) in respect of anything done or omitted to
be done before the date of its publication.
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Schedule 2 Amendment of other Acts
Schedule 2 Amendment of other Acts
(Section 7)
2.1 Mining Act 1992 No 29
[1] Section 371
Omit the section. Insert instead:
371 Points to be ascertained by reference to Geocentric Datum of
Australia
The position on the surface of the Earth of a point, line or area
that is necessary to be determined for the purposes of this Act,
or of any order, instrument or notification under this Act, is to
be determined by reference to the Geocentric Datum of
Australia referred to in section 4 of the Survey (Geocentric
Datum of Australia) Act 1999.
[2] Schedule 6 Savings, transitional and other provisions
Insert at the end of clause 1 (1):
Survey (Geocentric Datum of Australia) Act 1999
[3] Schedule 6, clause 1
Insert after clause 1 (1):
(1A) The regulations may also contain provisions of a savings or
transitional nature consequent on the publication by the
Surveyor-General of a notice under section 4 (2) of the Survey
(Geocentric Datum of Australia) Act 1999.
[4] Schedule 6, clause 1 (2)
Omit the subclause. Insert instead:
(2) Any such provision may, if the regulations so provide, take
effect from the date of assent to the Act concerned or the date
of publication of the notice under section 4 (2) of the Survey
(Geocentric Datum of Australia) Act 1999 (as the case may be),
or a later date.
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Amendment of other Acts Schedule 2
[5] Schedule 6
Insert in Schedule 6 (with appropriate Part and clause numbers):
Part Provisions consequent on enactment of Survey
(Geocentric Datum of Australia) Act 1999
Definition
In this Part, the amending Act means the Survey (Geocentric
Datum of Australia) Act 1999.
Boundaries of exploration licences
(1) On the commencement of this clause, an exploration licence
that is in force applies to an area of land (in so far as a
graticular section or unit referred to in section 370 is used to
specify the area) determined in accordance with section 371 as
repealed and re-enacted by the amending Act.
(2) To the extent that, by the operation of subclause (1), the area to
which an exploration licence in force on the commencement of
this clause applies would include:
(a) land outside New South Wales, or
(b) land the subject of an authority or a mineral claim, or
(c) land the subject of an application for an authority or a
mineral claim that was made before the commencement
of this clause, or
(d) any other land over which, according to the provisions
of Part 3 or of any other Act or law, the grant of an
exploration licence is prohibited,
that land is excluded from the area.
(3) Land that, by operation of subclause (2), is excluded from the
area to which an exploration licence applies because it is the
subject of an authority or a mineral claim becomes subject to
the exploration licence:
(a) if the authority or mineral claim ceases to have effect in
relation to that land, and
(b) if, when it does so, the land is not then subject to a
further authority or mineral claim.
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Schedule 2 Amendment of other Acts
(4) Land that, by operation of subclause (2), is excluded from the
area to which an exploration licence applies because it is
subject to a pending application for an authority or a mineral
claim becomes subject to the exploration licence:
(a) if the application is subsequently refused or withdrawn,
or
(b) if, when the authority or a mineral claim is granted, the
land does not become subject to the authority or claim.
(5) On application made in writing, within 90 days after the
commencement of this clause, by the holder of an exploration
licence applying to an area from which any land has been
excluded by the operation of subclause (1), the Minister, on
being satisfied that, before the commencement of this clause,
significant evidence of valuable mineral deposits existed in
relation to the excluded land, may by order amend the licence
so as to restore the whole or a specified part of the land
excluded.
(6) An order may be made under subclause (5) even though the
land restored would, but for the order, have been subject to
another exploration licence.
(7) A person dissatisfied with the decision of the Minister on an
application under this clause may appeal to a Warden's Court.
In determining the appeal, the Court has all the functions of the
Minister under this clause.
(8) No compensation is payable to any person for loss or damage
arising from the operation of this clause.
Applications for exploration licences
On the commencement of this clause, a pending application for
an exploration licence applies to an area of land (in so far as a
graticular section or unit referred to in section 370 is used to
specify the area) determined in accordance with section 371 as
repealed and re-enacted by the amending Act.
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Amendment of other Acts Schedule 2
Boundaries of assessment leases
(1) On the commencement of this clause, an assessment lease that
is on foot applies to an area of land (in so far as a graticular
section or unit referred to in section 370 is used to specify the
area) determined in accordance with section 371 as repealed
and re-enacted by the amending Act.
(2) To the extent that, by the operation of subclause (1), the area to
which an assessment lease that is on foot applies would
include:
(a) land outside New South Wales, or
(b) land the subject of an authority or a mineral claim, or
(c) land the subject of an application for an authority or a
mineral claim that was made before the commencement
of this clause, or
(d) any other land over which, according to the provisions
of Part 4 or of any other Act or law, the grant of an
assessment lease is prohibited,
that land is excluded from the area.
(3) On application made in writing, within 90 days after the
commencement of this clause, by the holder of an assessment
lease applying to an area from which any land has been
excluded by the operation of subclause (1), the Minister, on
being satisfied that, before the commencement of this clause,
significant evidence of valuable mineral deposits existed in
relation to the excluded land, may by order amend the lease so
as to restore the whole or a specified part of the land excluded.
(4) An order may be made under subclause (3) even though the
land restored would, but for the order, have been subject to
another assessment lease.
(5) A person dissatisfied with the decision of the Minister on an
application under this clause may appeal to a Warden's Court.
In determining the appeal, the Court has all the functions of the
Minister under this clause.
(6) No compensation is payable to any person for loss or damage
arising from the operation of this clause.
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Schedule 2 Amendment of other Acts
Applications for assessment leases
On the commencement of this clause, a pending application for
an assessment lease applies to an area of land (in so far as a
graticular section or unit referred to in section 370 is used to
specify the area) determined in accordance with section 371 as
repealed and re-enacted by the amending Act.
2.2 Petroleum (Onshore) Act 1991 No 84
[1] Section 5
Omit the section. Insert instead:
5 Points to be ascertained by reference to Geocentric Datum of
Australia
The position on the surface of the Earth of a point, line or area
that is necessary to be determined for the purposes of this Act,
or of any order, instrument or notification under this Act, is to
be determined by reference to the Geocentric Datum of
Australia referred to in section 4 of the Survey (Geocentric
Datum of Australia) Act 1999.
[2] Schedule 1 Savings and transitional provisions
Omit clause 2 (1) and (2). Insert instead:
(1) The regulations may contain provisions of a savings or
transitional nature consequent on:
(a) the publication by the Surveyor-General of a notice
under section 4 (2) of the Survey (Geocentric Datum of
Australia) Act 1999, or
(b) the enactment of the following Acts:
this Act
Petroleum (Onshore) Amendment Act 1998
Native Title (New South Wales) Amendment Act 1998
Survey (Geocentric Datum of Australia) Act 1999
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Amendment of other Acts Schedule 2
(2) Any such provision may, if the regulations so provide, take
effect from the date of publication of the notice under section
4 (2) of the Survey (Geocentric Datum of Australia) Act 1999
or the date of assent to the Act concerned (as the case may be),
or a later date.
[3] Schedule 1, Part 4
Insert after Part 3:
Part 4 Provisions consequent on enactment of
Survey (Geocentric Datum of Australia) Act
1999
17 Definition
In this Part, the amending Act means the Survey (Geocentric
Datum of Australia) Act 1999.
18 Boundaries of exploration licences
(1) On the commencement of this clause, an exploration licence
that is in force applies to an area of land (in so far as a
graticular section or unit referred to in section 4 is used to
specify the area) determined in accordance with section 5 as
repealed and re-enacted by the amending Act.
(2) To the extent that, by the operation of subclause (1), the area to
which an exploration licence in force on the commencement of
this clause applies would be taken to include:
(a) land outside New South Wales, or
(b) any land over which, according to the provisions of Part
3 or of any other Act or law, the grant of an exploration
licence is prohibited,
the land is excluded from the area.
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Schedule 2 Amendment of other Acts
(3) On application made in writing, within 90 days after the
commencement of this clause, by the holder of an exploration
licence applying to an area from which any land has been
excluded by the operation of subclause (1), the Minister, on
being satisfied that, before the commencement of this clause,
significant evidence of valuable petroleum deposits existed in
relation to the excluded land, may by order amend the licence
so as to restore the whole or a specified part of the land
excluded.
(4) An order may be made under subclause (3) even though the
land restored would, but for the order, have been subject to
another exploration licence.
(5) A person dissatisfied with the decision of the Minister on an
application under this clause may appeal to a Warden's Court.
In determining the appeal, the Court has all the functions of the
Minister under this clause.
(6) No compensation is payable to any person for loss or damage
arising from the operation of this clause.
19 Applications for exploration licences
On the commencement of this clause, a pending application for
an exploration licence applies to an area of land (in so far as a
graticular section or unit referred to in section 4 is used to
specify the area) determined in accordance with section 5 as
repealed and re-enacted by the amending Act.
20 Applications for production leases
On the commencement of this clause, a pending application for
a production lease applies to an area of land (in so far as a
graticular section or unit referred to in section 4 is used to
specify the area) determined in accordance with section 5 as
repealed and re-enacted by the amending Act.
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Amendment of other Acts Schedule 2
2.3 Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1982 No 23
[1] Section 7
Omit the section. Insert instead:
7 Points and other matters to be ascertained by reference to
Geocentric Datum of Australia
The position on the surface of the Earth of a point, line or area
that is necessary to be determined for the purposes of this Act,
or of any order, instrument or notification under this Act, is to
be determined by reference to the Geocentric Datum of
Australia referred to in section 4 of the Survey (Geocentric
Datum of Australia) Act 1999.
[2] Schedule 4 Savings, transitional and other provisions
Insert before clause 1:
Part 1 Provisions consequent on enactment of
Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Amendment
Act 1986
[3] Schedule 4, Part 2
Insert after clause 1:
Part 2 Provisions consequent on enactment of
Survey (Geocentric Datum of Australia) Act
1999
2 Definition
In this Part, the amending Act means the Survey (Geocentric
Datum of Australia) Act 1999.
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Schedule 2 Amendment of other Acts
3 Regulations
(1) The regulations may contain provisions of a savings or
transitional nature consequent on:
(a) the publication by the Surveyor-General of a notice
under section 4 (2) of the Survey (Geocentric Datum of
Australia) Act 1999, or
(b) the enactment of the following Acts:
Survey (Geocentric Datum of Australia) Act 1999
(2) Any such provision may, if the regulations so provide, take
effect from the date of publication of the notice under section
4 (2) of the Survey (Geocentric Datum of Australia) Act 1999
or the date of assent to the Act concerned (as the case may be),
or a later date.
(3) To the extent to which any such provision takes effect from a
date that is earlier than the date of its publication in the Gazette,
the provision does not operate so as:
(a) to affect, in a manner prejudicial to any person (other
than the State or an authority of the State), the rights of
that person existing before the date of its publication, or
(b) to impose liabilities on any person (other than the State
or an authority of the State) in respect of anything done
or omitted to be done before the date of its publication.
4 Boundaries of exploration permits
(1) On the commencement of this clause, an exploration permit
that is in force applies to an area of land (in so far as a
graticular section or unit referred to in section 18 is used to
specify the area) determined in accordance with section 7 as
repealed and re-enacted by the amending Act.
(2) To the extent that, by the operation of subclause (1), the area to
which an exploration permit in force on the commencement of
this clause applies would be taken to include:
(a) land outside New South Wales, or
(b) any land over which, according to the provisions of Part
4 or of any other Act or law, the grant of a permit is
prohibited,
the land is excluded from the area.
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Amendment of other Acts Schedule 2
(3) On application made in writing, within 90 days after the
commencement of this clause, by the holder of a permit
applying to an area from which any land has been excluded by
the operation of subclause (1), the Minister, on being satisfied
that, before the commencement of this clause, significant
evidence of valuable petroleum deposits existed in relation to
the excluded land, may by order amend the permit so as to
restore the whole or a specified part of the land excluded.
(4) An order may be made under subclause (3) even though the
land restored would, but for the order, have been subject to
another permit.
(5) A person dissatisfied with the decision of the Minister on an
application under this clause may appeal to a Warden's Court.
In determining the appeal, the Court has all the functions of the
Minister under this clause.
(6) No compensation is payable to any person for loss or damage
arising from the operation of this clause.
5 Applications for exploration permits
On the commencement of this clause, a pending application for
an exploration licence applies to an area of land (in so far as a
graticular section or unit referred to in section 18 is used to
specify the area) determined in accordance with section 7 as
repealed and re-enacted by the amending Act.
2.4 Survey Co-ordination Act 1949 No 27
Section 6 Certain powers of Surveyor-General in relation to
proposed surveys
Insert after section 6 (3):
(4) A survey carried out by or on behalf of a public authority after
the commencement of this subsection (other than a survey
carried out in accordance with the Surveyors Act 1929) must be
carried out by reference to the Geocentric Datum of Australia
referred to in section 4 of the Survey (Geocentric Datum of
Australia) Act 1999.
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Note
Note
The following is a copy of the notice of the Office of the Surveyor-General published in Gazette
No 88 of 8 August 1997:
OFFICE OF SURVEYOR GENERAL
Department of Land and Water Conservation
Panorama Avenue (P.O. Box 143), Bathurst, N.S.W. 2795
Phone: (063) 335 204; Fax: (063) 322 320
The following notice supersedes the notice in the New South Wales Government Gazette No. 129 of
20 October 1995.
NEW GEODETIC DATUM FOR AUSTRALIA
The meeting of the Inter-governmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping held in
Canberra on 28-29 November 1994, adopted the following new geodetic datum for Australia and
recommended its progressive implementation Australia-wide by 1 January 2000:
Designation: The Geocentric Datum of Australia (GDA).
Reference Ellipsoid: Geodetic Reference System 1980 (GRS80) ellipsoid with a semi-major
axis (a) of 6 378 137 metres exactly and an inverse flattening (l/f) of 298.257 222 101.
Reference Frame: The GDA is realised by the co-ordinates of the following Australian
Fiducial Network (AFN) geodetic stations referred to the GRS80 ellipsoid determined within the
International Earth Rotation Service Terrestrial Reference Frame 1992 (ITRF92) at the epoch of
1994.0:
No. Name Mark South Latitude East Longitude Ellipsoidal Height
AU 012 Alice Springs Pillar 23 40 12.44592 133 53 07.84757 603.358 metres
AU 013 Karratha Pillar 20 58 53.17004 117 05 49.87255 109.246 metres
AU 014 Darwin Pillar 12 50 37.35839 131 07 57.84838 125.197 metres
AU 015 Townsville Pillar 19 20 50.42839 146 46 30.79057 587.077 metres
AU 016 Hobart Pillar 42 48 16.98506 147 26 19.43548 41.126 metres
AU 017 Tidbinbilla Pillar 35 23 57.15627 148 58 47.98425 665.440 metres
AU 019 Ceduna Pillar 31 52 00.01664 133 48 35.37527 144.802 metres
AU 029 Yaragadee Pillar 29 02 47.61687 115 20 49.10049 241.291 metres
The new datum was proclaimed in the Commonwealth Gazette No. GN 35 of 6 September 1995.
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Note
NEW SOUTH WALES
Within New South Wales, GDA is realised by the (GDA94) co-ordinates of the above
AFN stations and the co-ordinates of the following Australian National Network (ANN) geodetic
stations:
No. Name Mark South Latitude East Longitude Ellipsoidal Height
7329 Barringun Zero Monument 28 59 56.69551 145 40 07.63275 172.774 metres
Obelisk
5933 Brunswick Pillar 28 31 29.59007 153 32 17.30597 135.627 metres
6924 Bullanginya Pillar 35 47 51.10212 145 33 13.55344 171.743 metres
5821 Crowdy Pillar 31 50 36.58469 152 45 12.34357 84.270 metres
7273 Eden Pillar 37 04 27.40104 149 54 28.50180 17.326 metres
Breakwater
7374 Flag PM 34 27 57.57857 150 51 05.54610 73.832 metres
2191 Gilgunnia Pillar 32 21 35.60370 145 59 27.58343 544.369 metres
7235 Lake Littra Monument 33 55 45.90840 141 00 09.90541 34.484 metres
5517 Mulley Pillar 33 25 46.83164 149 34 01.46525 756.615 metres
3618 Olive NMC24 Trig Plug 29 05 16.66830 141 49 02.71231 323.838 metres
4224 Sundown Pillar 31 53 57.29431 141 26 59.62844 408.792 metres
5196-4 Texas Pillar 28 51 19.62316 151 12 38.54610 538.267 metres
The existing Australian Geodetic Datum (AGD), realised by the (AGD66) co-ordinates of the
Johnston Geodetic Station and the national geodetic adjustment 1966 (referred to the Australian National
Spheroid), will be maintained in parallel with the GDA until its full implementation on 1st January 2000.
[Minister's second reading speech made in--
Legislative Assembly on 25 June 1999
Legislative Council on 1 July 1999]
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