Queensland Subordinate Legislation as Made Queensland Subordinate Legislation as Made(1) This section applies to a person fossicking in a watercourse.
(2) The person must not--
(a) fossick within 40m of--
(i) a weir, bridge or other structure in or over the watercourse; or
(ii) a site of a pump used to pump water from the watercourse; or
(b) if fossicking within 3m of the top or toe of a bank or in a bank slope may cause erosion or the collapse of the bank--fossick within 3m of the top or toe of the bank or in the bank's slope; or
(c) significantly interrupt, divert or stop the flow of water in the watercourse; or
(d) cause significant stream turbidity more than 300m downstream from the person's fossicking site; or
(e) erect a structure in the watercourse.
Maximum penalty--20 penalty units.
(3) A person digging in a watercourse must, before leaving the watercourse--
(a) refill the person's fossicking site; and
(b) if there is material left over after refilling the site--put the left over material in a place in the watercourse where it is unlikely to affect significant stream flows or disturb the stream's usual course at low flow.
Maximum penalty--20 penalty units.