sec.85Regulations

### sec.85 Regulations The Governor in Council may make regulations for the purposes of this Act. A regulation may be made with respect to any of the following matters— the use of land in the wet tropics area; activities in the wet tropics area; access to the wet tropics area by persons or animals; the removal from the wet tropics area of— trespassers; or persons who are believed on reasonable grounds to have contravened this Act; the presence and use of vehicles and boats in, and the flight of aircraft over, the wet tropics area; the impounding, removal and disposal of vehicles, boats, aircraft or property— found in the wet tropics area in contravention of a regulation; or found abandoned in the wet tropics area; the taking of soil, gravel, animals or plants into, or out of, the wet tropics area and the impounding, removal, destruction or disposal of animals found straying in the wet tropics area; offences under a regulation or management plan for which a notice may be given to an offender or affixed in or on any place advising that a prescribed penalty may be paid for any such offence without involving court proceedings; requiring environmental impact assessments, studies or reports in relation to developments in the wet tropics area; giving effect to, and enforcing compliance with, management plans; the matters for which fees, costs and charges are payable under this Act, the amounts of the fees, costs and charges, the persons who are liable to pay fees, costs and charges, when the fees, costs and charges are payable, and the recovery of any unpaid amount of fees, costs and charges; exemption from compliance with provisions of a regulation or a management plan; reconfiguring a lot in the wet tropics area; prescribing offences for contraventions of a regulation and fixing a maximum penalty of a fine of not more than 165 penalty units for such a contravention. Without limiting subsection (2) (e) , a regulation may— provide, in relation to a contravention of a provision of a regulation relating to the presence or use of vehicles in the wet tropics area, that the owner of the vehicle (whether or not the owner was in charge of the vehicle at the relevant time) is taken to have committed an offence against the provision contravened; and define who is the owner of the vehicle for the purpose of the regulation. s 85 amd 2007 No. 56 s 48 (sec.85-ssec.1) The Governor in Council may make regulations for the purposes of this Act. (sec.85-ssec.2) A regulation may be made with respect to any of the following matters— the use of land in the wet tropics area; activities in the wet tropics area; access to the wet tropics area by persons or animals; the removal from the wet tropics area of— trespassers; or persons who are believed on reasonable grounds to have contravened this Act; the presence and use of vehicles and boats in, and the flight of aircraft over, the wet tropics area; the impounding, removal and disposal of vehicles, boats, aircraft or property— found in the wet tropics area in contravention of a regulation; or found abandoned in the wet tropics area; the taking of soil, gravel, animals or plants into, or out of, the wet tropics area and the impounding, removal, destruction or disposal of animals found straying in the wet tropics area; offences under a regulation or management plan for which a notice may be given to an offender or affixed in or on any place advising that a prescribed penalty may be paid for any such offence without involving court proceedings; requiring environmental impact assessments, studies or reports in relation to developments in the wet tropics area; giving effect to, and enforcing compliance with, management plans; the matters for which fees, costs and charges are payable under this Act, the amounts of the fees, costs and charges, the persons who are liable to pay fees, costs and charges, when the fees, costs and charges are payable, and the recovery of any unpaid amount of fees, costs and charges; exemption from compliance with provisions of a regulation or a management plan; reconfiguring a lot in the wet tropics area; prescribing offences for contraventions of a regulation and fixing a maximum penalty of a fine of not more than 165 penalty units for such a contravention. (sec.85-ssec.3) Without limiting subsection (2) (e) , a regulation may— provide, in relation to a contravention of a provision of a regulation relating to the presence or use of vehicles in the wet tropics area, that the owner of the vehicle (whether or not the owner was in charge of the vehicle at the relevant time) is taken to have committed an offence against the provision contravened; and define who is the owner of the vehicle for the purpose of the regulation. - (a) the use of land in the wet tropics area; - (b) activities in the wet tropics area; - (c) access to the wet tropics area by persons or animals; - (d) the removal from the wet tropics area of— (i) trespassers; or (ii) persons who are believed on reasonable grounds to have contravened this Act; - (i) trespassers; or - (ii) persons who are believed on reasonable grounds to have contravened this Act; - (e) the presence and use of vehicles and boats in, and the flight of aircraft over, the wet tropics area; - (f) the impounding, removal and disposal of vehicles, boats, aircraft or property— (i) found in the wet tropics area in contravention of a regulation; or (ii) found abandoned in the wet tropics area; - (i) found in the wet tropics area in contravention of a regulation; or - (ii) found abandoned in the wet tropics area; - (g) the taking of soil, gravel, animals or plants into, or out of, the wet tropics area and the impounding, removal, destruction or disposal of animals found straying in the wet tropics area; - (h) offences under a regulation or management plan for which a notice may be given to an offender or affixed in or on any place advising that a prescribed penalty may be paid for any such offence without involving court proceedings; - (i) requiring environmental impact assessments, studies or reports in relation to developments in the wet tropics area; - (j) giving effect to, and enforcing compliance with, management plans; - (k) the matters for which fees, costs and charges are payable under this Act, the amounts of the fees, costs and charges, the persons who are liable to pay fees, costs and charges, when the fees, costs and charges are payable, and the recovery of any unpaid amount of fees, costs and charges; - (l) exemption from compliance with provisions of a regulation or a management plan; - (m) reconfiguring a lot in the wet tropics area; - (n) prescribing offences for contraventions of a regulation and fixing a maximum penalty of a fine of not more than 165 penalty units for such a contravention. - (i) trespassers; or - (ii) persons who are believed on reasonable grounds to have contravened this Act; - (i) found in the wet tropics area in contravention of a regulation; or - (ii) found abandoned in the wet tropics area; - (a) provide, in relation to a contravention of a provision of a regulation relating to the presence or use of vehicles in the wet tropics area, that the owner of the vehicle (whether or not the owner was in charge of the vehicle at the relevant time) is taken to have committed an offence against the provision contravened; and - (b) define who is the owner of the vehicle for the purpose of the regulation.