229Activities harmful to marine vegetation

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—

(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),

(b) any activity that obstructs or alters tidal flows to marine vegetation in a protected area,

(c) the driving or operation of a vehicle over marine vegetation in a protected area,

(d) the grazing or movement of stock on marine vegetation in a protected area.

Note.

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.

(2) In this clause—

stock includes horses, cattle, asses, mules, alpacas, llamas, camels, deer, sheep, pigs, goats, ostriches and emus.

vehicle includes a hovercraft.