GREAT BARRIER REEF MARINE PARK ACT 1975 - SECT 38AB Mining or geological storage operations in Great Barrier Reef Region: civil penalty provision

GREAT BARRIER REEF MARINE PARK ACT 1975 - SECT 38AB

  (1)   A person must not engage in mining operations or geological storage operations in the Great Barrier Reef Region unless the person is authorised to engage in the operations by:

  (a)   a permission granted under the regulations for the purposes of section   38AA; or

  (b)   an authority given in accordance with a condition of a permission referred to in paragraph   (a).

Civil penalty:

  (a)   for an aggravated contravention by an individual--5,000 penalty units; or

  (b)   for an individual in any other case--2,000 penalty units; or

  (c)   for an aggravated contravention by a body corporate--50,000 penalty units; or

  (d)   for a body corporate in any other case--20,000 penalty units.

  (2)   Subsection   (1) does not apply if:

  (a)   the person is the Authority; and

  (b)   the Authority is engaging in the operations for the purpose of research or investigations relevant to the conservation of the Marine Park.