14EApplication for relevant permission

14E Application for relevant permission

 (1) An application to the Authority for a relevant permission must be in writing unless the Authority agrees otherwise.

 (2) An application to the Authority for a relevant permission must contain the following information:

 (a) the name and address of the person making the application;

 (b) the name of the zone, and (if a designated area is proposed to be used or entered) the name of the designated area, that is to be used or entered;

 (c) the purposes for which the zone or designated area is to be used or entered;

 (d) any prudent and feasible alternatives to the proposed use or entry;

 (e) the proposed movements within the zone or designated area of any person proposing to use or enter the zone or designated area;

 (f) the location of the use of, or entry into, the zone or designated area, including the name of any shoal, reef or island on or near which the use or entry is proposed to take place;

 (g) the period in respect of which the relevant permission is sought;

 (h) the means of transport to be used for entry into, travel within, and departure from, the zone or designated area;

 (i) the maximum number of persons (if any) to whom the applicant intends to give an authority;

 (j) any other information that the Authority may reasonably require and has asked the applicant to provide.

 (3) However, an application is not invalid only because it does not include all of the information required by subregulation (2).

 (4) An application for a relevant permission for the purposes of research, however described, must contain, in addition to the information required under subregulation (2), the following information:

 (a) the purpose of the research;

 (b) a brief description of how the research is to be undertaken, including:

 (i) a description of the sequence and location of fieldwork to be carried out; and

 (ii) an explanation of the experimental design and methods of analysis to be used in the research; and

 (iii) the number, quantity and description of any specimens of animals, plants or marine products to be taken for the purpose of the research; and

 (iv) the methods to be used in taking any such specimens;

 (c) the frequency and duration of visits to the zone or designated area for the purposes of the research.

 (5) In considering an application for a relevant permission, the Authority must have regard to:

 (a) the objective of the zone; and

 (b) the need to protect the cultural and heritage values held in relation to the Marine Park by traditional owners and other people; and