Commonwealth legislation

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (Cormorant Pass Section) Regulations

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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.

Jurisdiction

Commonwealth

Act Number

347 of 1981

Collection

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Plain English Summary

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This regulation sets the rules for fishing in a specific area of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park known as the Cormorant Pass Section (the exact map coordinates are set out in a separate official document called a Proclamation).

What you can and cannot do:

Allowed: You may catch fish only by trolling—which means dragging a fishing line with bait or lures behind a moving boat.
Prohibited: All other fishing methods are banned in this area. This includes spear fishing, net fishing, bottom fishing, or casting from an anchored boat.

Penalties:

Breaking this rule carries a fine of $1,000.

Who needs to know:

Anyone fishing in the Cormorant Pass Section, including recreational anglers and commercial fishers.

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Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (Cormorant Pass Section) Regulations

Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia

Statutory Rules 1981 No. 3471

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Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (Cormorant Pass Section) Regulations

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975.

Dated 26 November 1981.

ZELMAN COWEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

IAN WILSON

Minister of State for Home Affairs and Environment

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Citation

These Regulations may be cited as the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (Cormorant Pass Section) Regulations.

Interpretation

In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears—

“Cormorant Pass Section” means the area described in the Schedule to the Proclamation made on 21 October 1981 under sub-section 31 (1) of the Act and assigned by that Proclamation the name ‘Great Barrier Reef Marine Park—Cormorant Pass Section’;

“the Act” means the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975.

Offence relating to fishing

A person shall not, in the Cormorant Pass Section, take fish otherwise than by trolling.

Penalty: $1,000.

NOTE

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 3 December 1981.

Source text

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1 Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (Cormorant Pass Section) Regulations

Statutory Rules 1981 No. 3471

–––––––

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (Cormorant Pass Section) Regulations

Dated 26 November 1981.

ZELMAN COWEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

IAN WILSON

Minister of State for Home Affairs and Environment

–––––––––

Citation

These Regulations may be cited as the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (Cormorant Pass Section) Regulations.

Interpretation

In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears—

“the Act” means the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975.

Offence relating to fishing

A person shall not, in the Cormorant Pass Section, take fish otherwise than by trolling.

Penalty: $1,000.

NOTE

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 3 December 1981.