Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

A wetland, or part of a wetland, designated by the Commonwealth under Article 2 of the Ramsar Convention for inclusion in the List of Wetlands of International Importance kept under that Article is a declared Ramsar wetland as long as the wetland or part is not:

excluded by the Commonwealth from the boundaries of a wetland in the List under that Article; or

deleted by the Commonwealth from the List under that Article.

A wetland, or part of a wetland, is also a declared Ramsar wetland for the period for which a declaration of the wetland as a declared Ramsar wetland is in force.