HISTORIC SHIPWRECKS REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1983 NO. 24 

HISTORIC SHIPWRECKS REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1983 NO. 24 
- TABLE OF PROVISIONS

1. Interpretation  
2. Prohibition of certain activities in protected zones generally  
3.  


1983 No. 24 HISTORIC SHIPWRECKS REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
- REG 1
Interpretation


  1. Regulation 2 of the Historic Shipwrecks Regulations is amended by adding
at the end thereof the following definition:
  " 'Yongala protected zone' means the protected zone in respect of which a
notice under sub-section 7 (1) of the Act was published in the Gazette on 14
January 1983, being the protected zone within which the historic shipwreck
'Yongala' is situated.".


1983 No. 24 HISTORIC SHIPWRECKS REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
- REG 2
Prohibition of certain activities in protected zones generally


  2. Regulation 4 of the Historic Shipwrecks Regulations is amended-
  (a)  by omitting from sub-regulation (1) "for the purposes of section 14 of
the Act, a person" and substituting "A person"; and
  (b)  by inserting after sub-regulation (1) the following sub-regulation:
     "(1A) Nothing in sub-regulation (1) applies to or in relation to the
Yongala protected zone.".


1983 No. 24 HISTORIC SHIPWRECKS REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
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  3. After regulation 4 of the Historic Shipwrecks Regulations the following
regulations are inserted:
Prohibition of certain activities in Yongala protected zone
  "4AA. (1) During a period other than a prescribed period, a person shall
not-
  (a)  in relation to the Yongala protected zone, do any of the acts specified
in paragraph 4 (1) (a), (b) or (c);
  (b)  trawl within the Yongala protected zone;
  (c)  use a ship within the Yongala protected zone for the purpose of
fishing;
  (d)  take fish or any other form of marine life while diving within the
Yongala protected zone; or
  (e)  moor a ship within the Yongala protected zone in such a manner that
damage is likely to be caused to the historic shipwreck Yongala,
except in accordance with a permit granted under sub-section 15 (1) of the
Act.
  "(2) During a prescribed period a person shall not, in relation to the
Yongala protected zone, do any of the acts specified in paragraph 4 (1) (a),
        (b), (c), (d) or (e).
  "(3) A person who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes this regulation is
guilty of an offence and is punishable, upon conviction, by a fine not
exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment for 1 year, or both.
Prescribed period
  "4AB. (1) The Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette, declare a
period, not exceeding 2 years, to be a prescribed period for the purposes of
regulation 4AA.
  "(2) Where a notice under sub-regulation (1) is published in the Gazette ,
the Minister shall cause a copy of the notice to be published-
  (a)  in a newspaper circulating in the State of Queensland; and
  (b)  in a newspaper that is a local paper in Townsville.".


- NOTES


1983 No. 24*1* HISTORIC SHIPWRECKS REGULATIONS*2* (AMENDMENT)



*1* Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 28 February 1983.
*2* Statutory Rules 1978 No. 93, as amended by 1979 No. 124; 1980 No. 391.