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Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Regulations 1983
73BConservation Park Zone—fishing offence
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#### 73B Conservation Park Zone—fishing offence
(1) A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person fishes in the Conservation Park Zone; and
(b) the person uses more than:
(i) 1 hand‑held rod or handline; and
(ii) 1 hook attached to that line; and
(c) the person does not hold a permission authorising the fishing.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
(2) An offence against subregulation (1) is an offence of strict liability.
> Note: Section 2.4.3 of the Zoning Plan allows the Conservation Park Zone to be used, without the written permission of the Authority, for particular kinds of fishing, including limited line fishing.
(3) In this regulation:
> fish has the same meaning as fishing or collecting has in the Zoning Plan.
> hook has the same meaning as it has in the Zoning Plan.
> Note: For the definition of hook for the Zoning Plan, see regulation 17.