Queensland Numbered Acts

MARINE PARKS ACT 2004 No. 31

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Contents

           Part 1--Preliminary

   1.      Short title
   2.      Commencement
   3.      Definitions
   4.      Notes in text
   5.      Purpose of Act
   6.      Act binds all persons
   7.      Territorial application of Act

           Part 2--Marine parks

           Division 1--Establishment

   8.      Declaration

           Division 2--Revocation

   9.      Revocation of park
   10.     Publication of revocation notice
   11.     Revocation of park included in or amalgamated with another park
   12.     Revocation of park comprising a protected area under the Nature Conservation Act 1992

           Division 3--Reclamation of tidal land, and revocation

   13.     Simplified outline of div 3
   14.     Notice of proposed revocation of reclaimed part of park
   15.     Permission for carrying out proposed reclamation
   16.     EIS required
   17.     Public consultation about EIS and other information
   18.     Certificate of satisfactory completion
   19.     Revocation of reclaimed part of park

           Division 4--Other provisions about marine parks

   20.     What park comprises

           Part 3--Zoning and management plans

           Division 1--Zoning plans
           Subdivision 1--Prescription

   21.     Zoning plan
   22.     Preparation and notice of draft plan
   23.     Preparation of final plan
   24.     Content of zoning plan
           Subdivision 2--Amendment
   25.     Amendment of zoning plan
   26.     Preparation and notice of draft amendment
   27.     Preparation of final amendment
           Subdivision 3--Other provisions
   28.     Tabling of statement with zoning plan or amendment

           Division 2--Management plans
           Subdivision 1--Approval

   29.     Approval of management plan
   30.     Preparation of draft plan
   31.     Public notice of draft plan
   32.     Preparation of final plan
   33.     When management plan has effect
           Subdivision 2--Amendment and review
   34.     Approval of amendment of management plan
   35.     Preparation and notice of draft amendment
   36.     Public notice of draft amendment
   37.     Preparation of final amendment
   38.     When amendment has effect
   39.     Review of management plan
           Subdivision 3--Other provisions
   40.     Public access to current management plan
   41.     Chief executive may enter into cooperative arrangement for management plan
   42.     Moratorium on grant of new permissions

           Part 4--Offences

           Division 1--Entry to or use of marine park

   43.     Entry or use for a prohibited purpose
   44.     Entry or use without an authority
   45.     Entry or use requiring notice

           Division 2--Other offence provisions

   46.     False or misleading information given by applicant
   47.     False or misleading documents given by applicant
   48.     Noncompliance with temporary restricted area declaration
   49.     Noncompliance with conditions of an authority
   50.     Unlawful serious environmental harm
   51.     Unlawful use of particular words

           Part 5--Monitoring and enforcement

           Division 1--Inspectors

   52.     Appointment and qualifications
   53.     Appointment conditions and limit on powers
   54.     Issue of identity card
   55.     Production or display of identity card
   56.     When inspector ceases to hold office
   57.     Resignation
   58.     Return of identity card

           Division 2--Powers of inspectors
           Subdivision 1--Entry to places

   59.     Power to enter places
           Subdivision 2--Procedure for entry
   60.     Entry with consent
   61.     Application for warrant
   62.     Issue of warrant
   63.     Application by electronic communication and duplicate warrant
   64.     Defect in relation to a warrant
   65.     Warrants—procedure before entry
           Subdivision 3--Powers after entry
   66.     General powers after entering places
   67.     Power to require reasonable help or information
           Subdivision 4--Other powers
   68.     Power to require name and address
   69.     Power to require information about contravention
   70.     Power to stop persons
   71.     Power to give direction to leave area
   72.     Power to stop and search vessels, vehicles and aircraft
   73.     Power to require driver or person in control to give reasonable help etc.
           Subdivision 5--Power to seize evidence
   74.     Seizing evidence at place entered under s 59
   75.     Seizing evidence on or in vessel, vehicle or aircraft entered or boarded under s 72
   76.     Powers in support of seizure
   77.     Securing seized things
   78.     Tampering with seized things
   79.     Receipt for seized things
   80.     Inspector may dispose of natural resources taken unlawfully
   81.     Forfeiture of seized things
   82.     Dealing with forfeited things
   83.     Return of seized things
   84.     Access to seized things

           Division 3--General enforcement matters

   85.     Definition for div 3
   86.     Inspector's obligation not to cause unnecessary damage
   87.     Notice of damage
   88.     Compensation
   89.     False or misleading information given to inspector
   90.     False or misleading documents given to inspector
   91.     Obstructing an inspector
   92.     Impersonating an inspector

           Division 4--Compliance notices

   93.     Compliance notice
           Part 6 Other provisions for
           protecting the environment and users of marine parks

           Division 1--Preliminary

   94.     Definitions for pt 6

           Division 2--Temporary restricted area declaration

   95.     Temporary restricted area declaration
   96.     Expiry of declaration
   97.     Declaration is not subordinate legislation
   98.     Temporary restricted area declaration prevails over regulation, zoning plan or authority

           Division 3--Directions for protecting environment and users

   99.     Inspector's power to give directions

           Division 4--Removing abandoned, stranded, sunk or wrecked property
           Subdivision 1--Removal of property other than in urgent circumstances

   100.    Inspector's power to remove property
   101.    Removal notice
   102.    Seizure, removal and disposal without giving removal notice
           Subdivision 2--Removal of property in urgent circumstances
   103.    Inspector's power to remove property
   104.    Removal notice
           Subdivision 3--Dealing with property after removal
   105.    Action inspector may take if property not claimed
   106.    Dealing with proceeds of sale
   107.    Release of property
   108.    Recovery of costs of removal etc.

           Division 5--Restoration of environment etc.

   109.    Restoration of environment etc.
           p
           art
           7 p
           roceedings for enforcement orders

           Division 1--Preliminary

   110.    Definitions for pt 7

           Division 2--Enforcement orders

   111.    Proceeding for enforcement orders
   112.    Making interim enforcement order
   113.    Making enforcement order
   114.    Effect of orders
   115.    Court's powers about orders

           Division 3--General procedural provision

   116.    Proceeding brought in representative capacity

           Part 8--Appeals and review

           Division 1--Preliminary

   117.    Appeal against particular decisions must be by way of internal review or ADR process

           Division 2--Internal review

   118.    Applying for an internal review
   119.    Review decision
   120.    Stay of operation of original decision

           Division 3--Appeals to Magistrates Court

   121.    How to start appeal
   122.    Appellant to give notice of appeal
   123.    Stay of operation of decision
   124.    Powers of court on appeal

           Part 9--Legal proceedings

           Division 1--Evidence

   125.    Application of div 1
   126.    Appointments and authority
   127.    Signatures
   128.    Certificate about evidence of location of aircraft or vessel
   129.    Evidentiary matters

           Division 2--Matters about offence proceedings and indictable and summary offences

   130.    Types of offences
   131.    Proceedings for indictable offence
   132.    Limitation on who may summarily hear indictable offence
   133.    Limitation on time for starting summary proceeding
   134.    Allegations of false or misleading information or documents
   135.    Responsibility for acts or omissions of representatives
   136.    Executive officers responsible for ensuring corporation complies with Act
   137.    Holder of authority responsible for ensuring Act complied with
   138.    Responsibility for offences committed with use of vessel, vehicle or aircraft
   139.    Court's powers on conviction for an offence

           Division 3--Judicial review of administrative decisions

   140.    Extended standing for judicial review

           Part 10--Miscellaneous

           Division 1--Codes of practice

   141.    Approval or making of code
   142.    When code has effect
   143.    Access to code

           Division 2--Other miscellaneous provisions

   144.    Public authority's obligation about threatening incidents for marine parks
   145.    Chief executive's power to decide fee for producing a copy of a document
   146.    Delegation of Minister's powers
   147.    Protecting prescribed persons from liability
   148.    Annual report
   149.    Approved forms
   150.    Regulation-making power
   151.    Relationship between regulation and zoning plan

           Part 11--Transitional provisions

   152.    References to Marine Parks Act 1982
   153.    Pending legal proceedings
   154.    Existing marine parks
   155.    Existing zoning plans
   156.    Existing management plans
   157.    Existing notices about designated areas
   158.    Existing limitation on application of regulation and zoning plan made under repealed Act
   159.    Existing temporary restricted areas
   160.    Existing permissions
   161.    Existing applications for permissions
   162.    Existing orders etc.
   163.    Existing inspectors

           Part 12--Validation and declaration provisions

   164.    Validation of existing zoning plans and permissions authorising reclamation of tidal land in a marine park
   165.    Declaration about authorised reclamation of tidal land in a marine park
   166.    Effect of validation and declaration on proceedings

           Part 13--Amendment of Marine Parks Act 1982

   167.    Act amended in pt 13
   168.    Insertion of new s 10A

           Part 14--Repeal

   169.    Repeal

           Part 15--Consequential amendments of other Acts

           Division 1--Amendment of Coastal Protection and Management Act 1995

   170.    Act amended in div 1
   171.    Amendment of s 75 (Criteria for deciding applications)
   172.    Amendment of s 93 (Approving or refusing to approve plans)

           Division 2--Amendment of Fisheries Act 1994

   173.    Act amended in div 2
   174.    Amendment of schedule
           SCHEDULE DICTIONARY