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Marine Parks Regulation 2017
sec.142Entry or use in emergency
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### sec.142 Entry or use in emergency
A person may, without an authority or a notification, enter or use an unzoned marine park for conducting an activity in an emergency for any of the following purposes—
to investigate and respond to the emergency;
to save human life or avoid the risk of injury to a person;
to locate or secure the safety of an aircraft, vessel or structure that is, or may be, endangered by the weather or a navigational or operational hazard;
to carry out repairs to an aid to navigation;
to deal with a threat of pollution to the marine environment under—
a Commonwealth law; or
a national emergency response arrangement in which the chief executive participates;
to remove or salvage, under an Act or a law of the Commonwealth, an aircraft or vessel, or a part of an aircraft or vessel, or another thing, that is wrecked, stranded, sunk or abandoned and poses a threat to the marine environment or human safety.
- (a) to investigate and respond to the emergency;
- (b) to save human life or avoid the risk of injury to a person;
- (c) to locate or secure the safety of an aircraft, vessel or structure that is, or may be, endangered by the weather or a navigational or operational hazard;
- (d) to carry out repairs to an aid to navigation;
- (e) to deal with a threat of pollution to the marine environment under— (i) a Commonwealth law; or (ii) a national emergency response arrangement in which the chief executive participates;
- (i) a Commonwealth law; or
- (ii) a national emergency response arrangement in which the chief executive participates;
- (f) to remove or salvage, under an Act or a law of the Commonwealth, an aircraft or vessel, or a part of an aircraft or vessel, or another thing, that is wrecked, stranded, sunk or abandoned and poses a threat to the marine environment or human safety.
- (i) a Commonwealth law; or
- (ii) a national emergency response arrangement in which the chief executive participates;