Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Regulations 1983
66AMaritime Cultural Heritage Protection SMAs—special management provisions
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66A Maritime Cultural Heritage Protection SMAs—special management provisions
(1) In this regulation:
fishing or collecting has the meaning given by the Zoning Plan.
wreck has the meaning given by the Zoning Plan.
(2) A person must not: (a) enter a wreck; or (b) approach within 100 metres of a wreck (other than in a non‑submersible vessel or aircraft); in a Maritime Cultural Heritage Protection SMA without the written permission of the Authority. (3) A person must not, without the written permission of the Authority, operate a vessel in a Maritime Cultural Heritage Protection SMA, other than for the purpose of transiting the SMA. (4) A person must not anchor or attempt to anchor a vessel, or deploy the vessel’s anchoring equipment, in a Maritime Cultural Heritage Protection SMA without the written permission of the Authority. (5) A person must not undertake fishing or collecting in a Maritime Cultural Heritage Protection SMA.
Note: See sections 38BA and 38BB of the Act for, respectively, an offence and a civil penalty provision that apply to a person who engages in conduct that contravenes this regulation.