19Limited impact research (extractive)—definition for Zoning Plan

19 Limited impact research (extractive)—definition for Zoning Plan

Definition for Zoning Plan (1) In the Zoning Plan:

limited impact research (extractive) means research that:

(a) involves:
(i) the taking of an animal, plant or marine product by limited research sampling; or
(ii) the installation and operation of minor research aids in a way that does not pose a threat to the environment, safety or navigation and is in accordance with the research guidelines (if any); and
(b) is a component of a research project conducted by a research institution accredited under regulation 7; and
(c) if:
(i) the research is conducted in an area of the Scientific Research Zone; and
(ii) the Authority has approved an environmental management plan in writing for a research station associated with the area;
is conducted in accordance with that plan.

Definitions for this regulation (2) In this regulation:

limited research sampling means sampling in accordance with all of the following conditions:

(a) taking is done, in accordance with the research guidelines (if any):
(i) by hand; or
(ii) by the use of a hand‑held implement that is not motorised and not pneumatically or hydraulically operated; or
(iii) by the use of a minor research aid;
(b) no more than 20 litres of wet sediment is taken for a research project for a calendar year;
(c) no more than 100 litres of seawater is taken for a research project for a calendar year;
(d) taking of marine plants, as defined in the Fisheries Act 1994 (Qld), complies with Queensland fisheries legislation and Queensland planning legislation;
(e) taking of organisms of marine taxa of the kingdom Chromista would comply with Queensland fisheries legislation and Queensland planning legislation if those organisms were marine plants for the purposes of all that legislation;
(f) the conditions described in subregulations (3) and (4) on taking animals.

Note: As all the conditions mentioned in the definition need to be met for sampling to be limited research sampling, if 2 or more conditions potentially relate to the same activity, the activity will be limited research sampling only if all those conditions are met.

minor research aid means any of the following:

(a) any of the following that is not powered in a way that poses a threat to the environment:
(i) apparatus, or equipment, authorised under Queensland fisheries legislation for recreational use;
(ii) a data logger;
(iii) a water‑sampling device;
(iv) a sediment‑sampling device;
(v) passive acoustic monitoring or survey equipment;
(vi) equipment for conducting an underwater video survey;
(b) a tag;
(c) a stake;
(d) a non‑fixed plankton net;
(e) a sub‑surface marker buoy;
(f) a surface marker buoy;
(g) a non‑fixed transect tape or quadrat;
(h) clove oil in solution;
(i) equipment for fastening anything described in another paragraph of this definition.