204Application and interpretation

#### 204 Application and interpretation 204 Application and interpretation > > (1) This Division does not apply to a threatened species, population or ecological community of marine vegetation within the meaning of Part 7A. > > > (2) In this Division— > > > > foreshore means any land adjacent to public water land, or adjacent to an area that is the subject of an aquaculture lease, that is below the highest astronomical tide level of the waters by which the land or area is submerged. > > > > harm, in relation to marine vegetation, means gather, cut, pull up, destroy, poison, dig up, remove, injure, prevent light from reaching or otherwise harm the marine vegetation, or any part of it. > > > > marine vegetation means marine vegetation, whether living or dead. > > > > protected area means any public water land, or any area that is the subject of an aquaculture lease, and includes the foreshore. > > **s 204:** Subst 1997 No 153, Sch 1 \[7\]. Am 2000 No 86, Sch 6.2 \[9\] \[10\]; 2004 No 26, Sch 1 \[42\]; 2015 No 59, Sch 1 \[98\].