Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

GREAT BARRIER REEF MARINE PARK REGULATIONS 2019 - REG 49

Designation of No Dories Detached (Marine National Park Zone) SMAs

  (1)   Each area mentioned in Part   6 (Marine National Park Zone) of Schedule   1 to the Zoning Plan is designated as a No Dories Detached (Marine National Park Zone) SMA having as its name the name of the area followed by the words "No Dories Detached (Marine National Park Zone) SMA".

Special management provision

  (2)   A dory in a No Dories Detached (Marine National Park Zone) SMA must be physically attached to its primary commercial fishing vessel at all times except if:

  (a)   the dory is used to engage in the rescue or attempted rescue of an endangered person; or

  (b)   the dory is used to provide assistance to an endangered aircraft, vessel or structure to prevent or mitigate damage to the environment or to the aircraft, vessel or structure; or

  (c)   both of the following apply:

  (i)   the dory is used to convey a person on a direct journey from land to its primary commercial fishing vessel (the primary vessel ), or from the primary vessel to land;

  (ii)   throughout the journey, the primary vessel remains within one nautical mile of both the dory and the land (not including any coral reefs); or

  (d)   the dory is in the area described in Part   6 of Schedule   1 to the Zoning Plan as MNP - 13 - 1015 (Night Island) and stays within 500 metres of a fishing industry service vessel for which a permission is in force.