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#### 229 Activities harmful to marine vegetation
229 Activities harmful to marine vegetation
> > (1) For the purposes of section 205B of the Act, the following are prescribed activities—
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> > > (a) the use of any fishing method in waters that are over a bed of seagrass in a protected area, being a fishing method that is prohibited by or under the Act (excluding Division 4 of Part 7 of the Act),
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> > > (b) any activity that obstructs or alters tidal flows to marine vegetation in a protected area,
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> > > (c) the driving or operation of a vehicle over marine vegetation in a protected area,
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> > > (d) the grazing or movement of stock on marine vegetation in a protected area.
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> > Note.
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> > A prescribed activity is presumed to be harmful to marine vegetation unless the person who carried out the activity establishes that no harm was caused by the activity.
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> > (2) In this clause—
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> > stock includes horses, cattle, asses, mules, alpacas, llamas, camels, deer, sheep, pigs, goats, ostriches and emus.
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> > vehicle includes a hovercraft.