{"id":"C2004L04824","name":"Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (Cormorant Pass Section) Regulations","slug":"great-barrier-reef-marine-park-cormorant-pass-section-regulations","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"347 of 1981","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":27667,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004L04824-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (Cormorant Pass Section) Regulations","content":"![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\nStatutory Rules 1981 No. 3471\n\n–––––––\n\nGreat Barrier Reef Marine Park (Cormorant Pass Section) Regulations\n\nI, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975.\n\nDated 26 November 1981.\n\nZELMAN COWEN\n\nGovernor-General\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nIAN WILSON\n\nMinister of State for Home Affairs and Environment\n\n–––––––––\n\nCitation\n\n1. These Regulations may be cited as the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (Cormorant Pass Section) Regulations.\n\nInterpretation\n\n2. In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears—\n\n“Cormorant Pass Section” means the area described in the Schedule to the Proclamation made on 21 October 1981 under sub-section 31 (1) of the Act and assigned by that Proclamation the name ‘Great Barrier Reef Marine Park—Cormorant Pass Section’;\n\n“the Act” means the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975.\n\nOffence relating to fishing\n\n3. A person shall not, in the Cormorant Pass Section, take fish otherwise than by trolling.\n\nPenalty: $1,000.\n\nNOTE\n\n1\\. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 3 December 1981.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2182},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulation remains tightly focused on its original purpose of restricting fishing methods to trolling only within the Cormorant Pass Section of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short text (only 3 sections)","Only 2 defined terms in the interpretation section","Single offence provision with a simple prohibition-exception structure","Geographical boundaries defined by reference to an external Proclamation rather than inline description"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation sets the rules for fishing in a specific area of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park known as the **Cormorant Pass Section** (the exact map coordinates are set out in a separate official document called a Proclamation).\n\n**What you can and cannot do:**\n- **Allowed:** You may catch fish only by **trolling**—which means dragging a fishing line with bait or lures behind a moving boat.\n- **Prohibited:** All other fishing methods are banned in this area. This includes spear fishing, net fishing, bottom fishing, or casting from an anchored boat.\n\n**Penalties:**\n- Breaking this rule carries a fine of **$1,000**.\n\n**Who needs to know:**\n- Anyone fishing in the Cormorant Pass Section, including recreational anglers and commercial fishers."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/great-barrier-reef-marine-park-cormorant-pass-section-regulations","history":"/api/acts/great-barrier-reef-marine-park-cormorant-pass-section-regulations/history","analysis":"/api/acts/great-barrier-reef-marine-park-cormorant-pass-section-regulations/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/great-barrier-reef-marine-park-cormorant-pass-section-regulations/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/great-barrier-reef-marine-park-cormorant-pass-section-regulations/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/great-barrier-reef-marine-park-cormorant-pass-section-regulations/documents"}}