Natural Resources (Montego Bay Marine Park) Order, 1992
Made 1992-06-05 · Text as of 2026-10-01
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- Language
- English
- Kind
- Regulation
- Organisation
- Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
- Country
- Jamaica
- Subjects
- Wild species and ecosystems
- Keywords
- protected area, marine protected areas, national parks
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NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION AUTHORITY THE NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION AUTHORITY ACT ORDER (under section 5 (]) (c)) Tm: NATURAL RESOURCES (M0NTEG0 BAY MARINE PARK) ORDER, 1992 (Made by the Minister on the 5th day of June, 1992, on the recommenda- L.N. 41, 19J lion of the Authority, after consultation with the Jamaica National Heritage Trust) 1. This Order may be cited as the Na,tural Resources (Montego Bay Marine Park) Order. 1992. 2. The area described in the First and Second•. Schedules shall con stitute and be known as the Montego Bay Marine Park. FIRST ScHEDULI! (~ragraph 2) Area of the Montego Bay Marine Park Commencing at a point referred to as "A" on the sketch plan reproduced in the Second Schedule whloh is at the htgh water mark on the northern shore with geographical co-ordinates whioh are latitude 18 degrees 30' 19" north longitude 77 degrees 55' 00" west and situated along the old Main Road' from Montego Bay to Ironshore, in llhe vicinity of Sangt~r International Airport runway; llhenoe due north for ~pproximately 1,247 feet to a poin·t in. the sea with geographical co-ordinates latitude 18 degrees 30' 30" north, longitude 77 degrees 55' 00" west; thenoe due west for approximately 3,038 feet to a poin,t in the seia with geographical co-ordina,tes latitude 18 degrees 30' 30" norti, longitude 77 degrees :S5' 30" west, thence in a 1t0uth-westerly direction for approximately 5,643 feet to a point in the sea referred to as "B" on the sketch plan, with geographical co-ordinates latitude 18 degrees 30' 00" north longitude 77 degrees 56' 20" west; thence due north for a'J)proximately 6,076 feet to a point in the sea with geographical co-ordinates liati-tude 18 degrees 29' 00" north, longitude 77 degrees 56' 20" west; thence in a south-westerly direction for approximately 14,583 feet to a point in the lea with geographical co-ordinates latitude 18 degrees 27' 13" .nort!h, longitude 77 degrees 58' 00" west, and referred to as "C'' on the sketch t>lan; thence in a north-wettedy direction. for approximately 5,906 feet to a point in the sea with geographical co-ordinates latitude U! degrees 27' 26N north, longitude 77 degrees 59' oo• west, thence due south from 111pproximately 1,1805 feet to a point at the high water mark on the shoreline situated in llbe Unity Hall area in the ,parish of St. James and having ,geographical co-ordinates latitude 18 desrees 27' 8"' north, longitude 77 degrees 59' 00" west; thence along the big:,h water mark. in an easterly and northerly direction that is cootfguoUI to the fo11owinl(' areas: Unity Ha!l, Spring Garden, Reading, Bogue, Monteao Freeport, Catherine Hall and Montego Bay thence back to the ,tarting point refened to u "A". [the Inclusion of this pa11e Is authorized by L.N. ,4/20001 First and Second Schcdulea. 3 4 TliE NATURAL RESOURCES (MONTEGO BAY MARINE PARK) ORDER, 1992 SEoCOND SCHEDULE (Paragraph 2) (The inclu110n of 1h1t P•Me 1s 1u1horized by L N )4/2000