Actions in Great Barrier Reef Marine Park affecting the environment
(1) A person must not take in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park an action that has, will have or is likely to have, a significant impact on the environment.
Civil penalty:
(a) for an individual--5,000 penalty units;
(b) for a body corporate--50,000 penalty units.
Actions outside Great Barrier Reef Marine Park affecting the environment in the Marine Park
(2) A person must not take outside the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park but in the Australian jurisdiction an action that:
(a) has or will have a significant impact on the environment in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park; or
(b) is likely to have a significant impact on the environment in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.
Civil penalty:
(a) for an individual--5,000 penalty units;
(b) for a body corporate--50,000 penalty units.
Exceptions to prohibition
(3) Subsection (1) or (2) does not apply to an action if:
(a) an approval of the taking of the action by the person is in operation under Part 9 for the purposes of the subsection; or
(b) Part 4 lets the person take the action without an approval under Part 9 for the purposes of the subsection; or
(c) there is in force a decision of the Minister under Division 2 of Part 7 that the subsection is not a controlling provision for the action and, if the decision was made because the Minister believed the action would be taken in a manner specified in the notice of the decision under section 77, the action is taken in that manner; or
(d) the person taking the action is the Commonwealth or a Commonwealth agency; or
(e) the action is an action described in subsection 160(2) (which describes actions whose authorisation is subject to a special environmental assessment process).
Note: Section 28 regulates actions by the Commonwealth or a Commonwealth agency with a significant impact on the environment.