12IEmergency Special Management Areas

12I Emergency Special Management Areas

 (1) For subsection 4.2.1 (2) of the Zoning Plan, the circumstances in which the Authority may designate an Emergency Special Management Area are that the designation is required for 1 or more of the following purposes:

 (a) conservation of 1 or more species;

 (b) conservation of natural resources;

 (c) protection of cultural or heritage values;

 (d) public safety;

 (e) emergency situations requiring immediate management action.

 (2) The designation may be of a part or parts of a zone, or of more than 1 zone.

 (3) The designation:

 (a) must specify the area to be designated; and

 (b) must state the special management provisions that will apply to the area; and

 (c) must state the period during which those provisions will apply to the area.

 (4) The Authority must publish a notice of the designation:

 (a) in the Gazette; and

 (b) in 1 or more of the following ways:

 (i) in a newspaper that circulates generally in Queensland;

 (ii) in a local newspaper that circulates in the part of Queensland adjacent to the part of the Marine Park that is designated;

 (iii) on the Authority’s website.

 (5) A notice referred to in paragraph (4) (b) must also state that it is an offence to fail to comply with the special management provisions that apply to the area.

 (6) The designation takes effect from the date it is published in the Gazette, or a later date specified in it.

 (7) The designation ceases to have effect 120 days after it commences unless extended in accordance with subregulation 12M (2).