Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Amendment Regulations 2006 (No. 3) (Cth)

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Amendment Regulations 2006 (No. 3)¹

Select Legislative Instrument 2006 No. 342

I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975.

Dated 13 December 2006

P. M. JEFFERY

Governor‑General

By His Excellency’s Command

IAN CAMPBELL

Minister for the Environment and Heritage

1. Name of Regulations

These Regulations are the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Amendment Regulations 2006 (No. 3).

1. Commencement

These Regulations commence on the day after they are registered.

1. Amendment of Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Regulations 1983

Schedule 1 amends the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Regulations 1983.

Schedule 1          Amendments

(regulation 3)

[1]          Regulation 73A, after definition of Conservation Park Zone

insert

Marine National Park Zone means the zone described in the Zoning Plan as the Marine National Park Zone.

[2]          After regulation 73B

insert

73BAMarine National Park Zone — fishing offence

(1)A person must not fish in the Marine National Park Zone:

(a)without the written permission of the Authority; or

(b)unless the fishing is for a purpose set out in section 2.7.3 of the Zoning Plan.

Penalty:   50 penalty units.

Note   Section 2.7.3 of the Zoning Plan allows the Marine National Park Zone to be used, without the written permission of the Authority, for particular purposes, including activities otherwise permitted by the section or in accordance with an accredited traditional use of marine resources agreement and any requirements relating to the operation of that agreement prescribed in the Regulations.

(2)An offence against subregulation (1) is an offence of strict liability.

(3)In this regulation:

fish has the same meaning as fishing or collecting has in the Zoning Plan.

[3]          Subregulation 73C (4), note 2

substitute

Note 2   For defences to a prosecution under subregulation (1), (2) or (3), see regulation 73D.

[4]          Part 14, Table 189, item 1A

omit

[5]          Part 14, Table 189, after item 1

insert

1A	regulation 73B (Conservation Park Zone — fishing offence)	4
1B	regulation 73BA (Marine National Park Zone — fishing offence)	10

Note

1. All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See