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Marine Parks Regulation 2017
sec.115Chief executive may erect or display regulatory notice
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### sec.115 Chief executive may erect or display regulatory notice
This section applies for an activity that—
relates to a public health and safety act; or
under this regulation or a zoning plan may be authorised, regulated or prohibited by a regulatory notice.
The chief executive may erect or display a notice (a regulatory notice ) at the relevant notice points for the area of the marine park, or part of the marine park, to which the notice applies.
The regulatory notice must—
be easily visible to persons passing the relevant notice points; and
identify the limits of the area to which the notice applies; and
state the activity to which it applies and how the activity is authorised, regulated or prohibited.
The chief executive must publish a copy of the regulatory notice, or the information contained in it, on the department’s website.
The chief executive may publish the regulatory notice in other ways the chief executive considers appropriate.
The regulatory notice may be included on a sign that also includes a regulatory notice applying to—
a protected area under the Nature Conservation Act 1992 ; or
a recreation area under the Recreation Areas Management Act 2006 .
The regulatory notice may expressly state that a contravention of a requirement of the notice is an offence against the Act and the penalty for the offence.
Section 118 provides for the offence of failure to comply with a regulatory notice about a public health and safety act.
Sections 152 (1) (a) , 156 , 157 (1) , 158 (1) , 159 (1) and 161 (1) also prohibit particular activities by regulatory notice.
(sec.115-ssec.1) This section applies for an activity that— relates to a public health and safety act; or under this regulation or a zoning plan may be authorised, regulated or prohibited by a regulatory notice.
(sec.115-ssec.2) The chief executive may erect or display a notice (a regulatory notice ) at the relevant notice points for the area of the marine park, or part of the marine park, to which the notice applies.
(sec.115-ssec.3) The regulatory notice must— be easily visible to persons passing the relevant notice points; and identify the limits of the area to which the notice applies; and state the activity to which it applies and how the activity is authorised, regulated or prohibited.
(sec.115-ssec.4) The chief executive must publish a copy of the regulatory notice, or the information contained in it, on the department’s website.
(sec.115-ssec.5) The chief executive may publish the regulatory notice in other ways the chief executive considers appropriate.
(sec.115-ssec.6) The regulatory notice may be included on a sign that also includes a regulatory notice applying to— a protected area under the Nature Conservation Act 1992 ; or a recreation area under the Recreation Areas Management Act 2006 .
(sec.115-ssec.7) The regulatory notice may expressly state that a contravention of a requirement of the notice is an offence against the Act and the penalty for the offence.
- (a) relates to a public health and safety act; or
- (b) under this regulation or a zoning plan may be authorised, regulated or prohibited by a regulatory notice.
- (a) be easily visible to persons passing the relevant notice points; and
- (b) identify the limits of the area to which the notice applies; and
- (c) state the activity to which it applies and how the activity is authorised, regulated or prohibited.
- (a) a protected area under the Nature Conservation Act 1992 ; or
- (b) a recreation area under the Recreation Areas Management Act 2006 .
- 1 Section 118 provides for the offence of failure to comply with a regulatory notice about a public health and safety act.
- 2 Sections 152 (1) (a) , 156 , 157 (1) , 158 (1) , 159 (1) and 161 (1) also prohibit particular activities by regulatory notice.