sec.19Environmentally relevant activity may be prescribed

### sec.19 Environmentally relevant activity may be prescribed A regulation may prescribe an activity as an environmentally relevant activity if the Governor in Council is satisfied— that— a contaminant will or may be released into the environment when the activity is carried out; and the release of the contaminant will or may cause environmental harm; or the activity will or may otherwise adversely affect an environmental value of the marine environment. Without limiting subsection (1) , a regulation under that subsection may prescribe an activity carried out in a relevant Great Barrier Reef Marine Park area as an environmentally relevant activity. To remove any doubt, a regulation made under subsection (1) may not modify the definition of an agricultural ERA or a resource activity. In this section— Great Barrier Reef Marine Park means the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park under the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975 (Cwlth) . relevant Great Barrier Reef Marine Park area means an area— partly within the State and partly outside the State, but within the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park; or of which— part is within the State but not within the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park; and part is outside the State but within the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. s 19 ins 2000 No. 64 s 4 amd 2008 No. 52 s 8 ; 2009 No. 3 s 455 ; 2009 No. 42 s 5 ; 2012 No. 16 s 78 sch ; 2014 No. 59 s 19 ; 2019 No. 8 s 47 (sec.19-ssec.1) A regulation may prescribe an activity as an environmentally relevant activity if the Governor in Council is satisfied— that— a contaminant will or may be released into the environment when the activity is carried out; and the release of the contaminant will or may cause environmental harm; or the activity will or may otherwise adversely affect an environmental value of the marine environment. (sec.19-ssec.1A) Without limiting subsection (1) , a regulation under that subsection may prescribe an activity carried out in a relevant Great Barrier Reef Marine Park area as an environmentally relevant activity. (sec.19-ssec.2) To remove any doubt, a regulation made under subsection (1) may not modify the definition of an agricultural ERA or a resource activity. (sec.19-ssec.3) In this section— Great Barrier Reef Marine Park means the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park under the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975 (Cwlth) . relevant Great Barrier Reef Marine Park area means an area— partly within the State and partly outside the State, but within the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park; or of which— part is within the State but not within the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park; and part is outside the State but within the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. - (a) that— (i) a contaminant will or may be released into the environment when the activity is carried out; and (ii) the release of the contaminant will or may cause environmental harm; or - (i) a contaminant will or may be released into the environment when the activity is carried out; and - (ii) the release of the contaminant will or may cause environmental harm; or - (b) the activity will or may otherwise adversely affect an environmental value of the marine environment. - (i) a contaminant will or may be released into the environment when the activity is carried out; and - (ii) the release of the contaminant will or may cause environmental harm; or - (a) partly within the State and partly outside the State, but within the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park; or - (b) of which— (i) part is within the State but not within the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park; and (ii) part is outside the State but within the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. - (i) part is within the State but not within the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park; and - (ii) part is outside the State but within the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. - (i) part is within the State but not within the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park; and - (ii) part is outside the State but within the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.