67Emergency Special Management Areas

#### 67 Emergency Special Management Areas (1) For subsection 4.2.1(2) of the Zoning Plan, the circumstances in which the Authority may designate an Emergency Special Management Area are that the designation is required for 1 or more of the following purposes: (a) conservation of 1 or more species; (b) conservation of natural resources; (c) protection of cultural or heritage values; (d) public safety; (e) emergency situations requiring immediate management action. (2) The designation may be of a part or parts of a zone, or of more than 1 zone. (3) The designation: (a) must specify the area to be designated; and (b) must state the special management provisions that will apply to the area; and (c) must state the period during which those provisions will apply to the area. (4) The Authority must, as soon as practicable, publish a notice of the designation in 1 or more of the following ways: (a) in a newspaper that circulates generally in Queensland; (b) in a local newspaper that circulates in the part of Queensland adjacent to the part of the Marine Park that is designated; (c) on the Authority’s website. (5) A notice referred to in subregulation (4) must also state that it is an offence to fail to comply with the special management provisions that apply to the area. (6) The designation commences from the date it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislation, or a later date specified in it. > Note: A designation is a legislative instrument. All legislative instruments are registered on the Federal Register of Legislation. (7) The designation ceases to have effect 120 days after it commences unless extended in accordance with subregulation 68(2).