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Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Regulations 1983
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#### 117G Aircraft
(1) This regulation applies to a person who is operating an aircraft in the Marine Park.
(2) The person:
(a) must not operate the aircraft (other than a helicopter or gyrocopter) at a height lower than 1 000 feet within a horizontal radius of 300 metres of a cetacean; and
(b) must not operate a helicopter or gyrocopter at a height lower than 1650 feet or within a horizontal radius of 500 metres of a cetacean; and
(c) must not allow the aircraft to approach a cetacean from head on; and
(d) if the aircraft can land on water, must not land the aircraft on water so that the aircraft comes within the radius of a cetacean mentioned in paragraph (b).
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
(3) An offence under subregulation (2) is an offence of strict liability.