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Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975
38BCConduct in zone without required notice: offence
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#### 38BC Conduct in zone without required notice: offence
(1) A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person engages in conduct; and
(b) the conduct is engaged in in a zone; and
(c) the zoning plan for the zone requires that notice must be given to a specified body before the conduct is engaged in; and
(d) the person failed to give the specified body notice in accordance with the zoning plan before engaging in the conduct.
Penalty: 200 penalty units.
(2) Strict liability applies to paragraphs (1)(b) and (c).
> Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.
(3) The fault element for paragraph (1)(d) is negligence.
> Note: For negligence, see section 5.5 of the Criminal Code.