Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (Prohibition of Drilling for Petroleum) Regulations (Cth)

GREAT BARRIER REEF MARINE PARK (PROHIBITION OF DRILLING FOR PETROLEUM) REGULATIONS
- In force under the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975
- Updated as at 28 April 1994 (#DATE 28:04:1994)

*1* The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (Prohibition of Drilling for Petroleum) Regulations (in force under the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975) as shown in this reprint comprise Statutory Rules 1983 No. 148 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

Table of Statutory Rules
Year and Date of Date of Application,
number notification commencement saving or
in Gazette transitional
provisions
1983 No. 148 31 Aug 1983 1 Sept 1983
232 28 Oct 1983 28 Oct 1983 -
Table of Amendments
ad=added or inserted am=amended rep=repealed rs=repealed and substituted
Provision affected How affected
R. 3 am. 1983 No. 232
R. 4 rs. 1983 No. 232
Schedules 1-14 rep. 1983 No. 232

GREAT BARRIER REEF MARINE PARK (PROHIBITION OF DRILLING FOR PETROLEUM) 
REGULATIONS - TABLE OF PROVISIONS 
TABLE

                        TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Regulation

    1.    Citation

    2.    Commencement

    3.    Interpretation

    4.    Oil drilling prohibited

GREAT BARRIER REEF MARINE PARK (PROHIBITION OF DRILLING FOR PETROLEUM) 
REGULATIONS - REG 1 
Citation 


  1. These Regulations may be cited as the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
(Prohibition of Drilling for Petroleum) Regulations.*1*
SEE NOTES TO FIRST ARTICLE OF THIS CHAPTER .

GREAT BARRIER REEF MARINE PARK (PROHIBITION OF DRILLING FOR PETROLEUM) 
REGULATIONS - REG 2 
Commencement 


  2. These Regulations shall come into operation on 1 September 1983.

GREAT BARRIER REEF MARINE PARK (PROHIBITION OF DRILLING FOR PETROLEUM) 
REGULATIONS - REG 3 
Interpretation 


  3. (1) In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:

  "drill for petroleum" means:

  (a) drill to find petroleum; or

  (b) drill to recover petroleum;

  "petroleum" means:

  (a) any naturally occurring hydrocarbon, whether in a gaseous, liquid or
solid state;

  (b) any naturally occurring mixture of hydrocarbons, whether in a gaseous,
liquid or solid state; or

  (c) any naturally occurring mixture of one or more hydrocarbons, whether in
a gaseous, liquid or solid state, and one or more of the following, that is to
say, hydrogen sulphide, nitrogen, helium and carbon dioxide.

GREAT BARRIER REEF MARINE PARK (PROHIBITION OF DRILLING FOR PETROLEUM) 
REGULATIONS - REG 4 
Oil drilling prohibited 


  4. (1) A person shall not drill for petroleum in any part of the Great
Barrier Reef Region that does not for the time being form part of the Marine
Park.


  (2) A person who contravenes this regulation is guilty of an offence
punishable, on conviction, by a fine not exceeding $1,000 for each day during
which the offence continues.