Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Regulations 1983
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135 Interpretation
(1) In this Part:
beach equipment includes:
(a) sailing boats (except boats that have an overall length of 6 metres or more); and
(b) windsurfing craft; and
(c) canoes and kayaks; and
(d) pedal craft.
facility has the same meaning as it has in subsection 3A(9) of the Act.
floating hotel means a vessel that:
(a) has designed sleeping accommodation for persons who are not:
(i) crew; or
(ii) persons employed on the vessel for the purpose of the maintenance of the vessel or the provision of services; and
(b) is supplied with visitors by other vessels or by aircraft.
operation of a tourist program:
(a) has the same meaning as it has in subsection 3A(3) of the Act; and
(b) includes the construction, maintenance or operation of a building or other facility (or its removal or demolition) in the Marine Park, for a purpose of the tourist program.
primary service means a service that:
(a) forms part of a tourist program; and
(b) is not a secondary service.
quarter means a period of 3 months beginning on 1 January, 1 April, 1 July or 1 October.
secondary service means a service that:
(a) forms part of a tourist program; and
(b) the Authority has determined, under regulation 137, to be a secondary service.
secondary treatment, in relation to sewage, has the meaning given in subregulation (2).
Sole purpose of sight‑seeing, in relation to an aircraft excursion, means:
(a) that the aircraft returns to, and disembarks passengers at, the place from which they embarked; and
(b) that the aircraft is not landed at any other place.
tertiary treatment, in relation to sewage, has the meaning given in subregulation (3) or (4).
Tourist has the same meaning as it has in subsection 3A(9) of the Act.
transfer passenger means a person who:
(a) is transported into the Marine Park and disembarked at a place contiguous to, or at a wharf or jetty within or partly within, the Marine Park by a person who holds a permission for a tourist program; and
(b) is transported by the most direct reasonable route; and
(c) does not:
(i) during the course of travel in the Marine Park—engage in any tourist activity provided by the permission holder; and
(ii) at the disembarkation destination, for at least 2 hours after disembarkation—engage in any tourist activity provided by the permission holder under that permission.