Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

GREAT BARRIER REEF MARINE PARK ACT 1975 - SECT 5

             (1)  The object of this Act is to make provision for and in relation to the establishment, control, care and development of a marine park in the Great Barrier Reef Region in accordance with the provisions of this Act, to the extent that those provisions are within the legislative powers of the Parliament and, in particular but not to the exclusion of any other relevant power, its powers with respect to or in relation to:

                     (a)  the Australian coastal sea;

                     (b)  rights (including sovereign rights) and obligations of the Commonwealth in relation to the continental shelf of Australia;

                     (c)  external affairs;

                     (d)  fisheries in Australian waters beyond territorial limits;

                     (e)  places acquired by the Commonwealth for public purposes;

                      (f)  trade and commerce with other countries, including the import or export of animals and plants;

                     (g)  statistics relating to animals and plants; and

                     (h)  matters incidental to the execution of the powers of the Government of the Commonwealth;

and this Act shall be administered accordingly.

             (2)  It is the intention of the Parliament that this Act shall have effect in respect of a part of the Great Barrier Reef Region or a part of the Marine Park (whether or not separately declared under section 31) to the fullest extent that the Constitution permits irrespective of the extent of the effect of the operation of this Act in respect of any other part of the Great Barrier Reef Region or of the Marine Park.