Queensland Subordinate Legislation as Made

MARINE PARKS (GREAT SANDY) ZONING PLAN 2017 - REG 50

50 Entry or use without permission or notification

A person may enter or use an area in the marine park, without a permission for the area and without notifying the chief executive, for any of the following purposes—

(a) if there is an emergency—

(i) to investigate and respond to an emergency alert; or

(ii) to save human life or avoid risk of injury to a person; or

(iii) to deal with a threat of pollution to the marine environment under a law of the Commonwealth or a national emergency response arrangement in which the chief executive participates; or

(iv) to locate or secure the safety of an aircraft, vessel or structure that is, or may be, endangered by stress of weather or by navigational or operational hazards; or

(v) to carry out emergency repairs to a navigational aid; or

(vi) to remove or salvage a vessel or aircraft, or a section of a vessel or aircraft, or other wreck, that is wrecked, stranded, sunk or abandoned and poses a threat to the marine environment or safety;

(b) if the person is a traditional owner and the activity does not involve fishing or collecting—for the purposes of Aboriginal tradition or Island custom;

(c) to enforce a provision of an Act of the Commonwealth or the State by a person authorised under that Act, or another Act that provides for substantially the same matter as that Act, to enforce the Act ;

(d) to carry out reconnaissance or surveillance for the Commonwealth or the State.