Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

GREAT BARRIER REEF MARINE PARK REGULATIONS 1983 - REG 73B

         (1)   A person commits an offence if:

                (a)    the person fishes in the Conservation Park Zone; and

               (b)    the person uses more than:

                          (i)    1 hand-held rod or handline; and

                         (ii)    1 hook attached to that line; and

                (c)    the person does not hold a permission authorising the fishing.

Penalty:   50 penalty units.

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

Note    Section 2.4.3 of the Zoning Plan allows the Conservation Park Zone to be used, without the written permission of the Authority, for particular kinds of fishing, including limited line fishing.

         (3)   In this regulation:

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

"hook" has the same meaning as it has in the Zoning Plan.

Note    For the definition of hook for the Zoning Plan, see regulation 17.