Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

GREAT BARRIER REEF MARINE PARK REGULATIONS 1983 - REG 73BA

         (1)   A person commits an offence if:

                (a)    the person fishes in the Marine National Park Zone; and

               (b)    the fishing is not for a purpose set out in section 2.7.3 of the Zoning Plan; and

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

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.