Commonwealth Numbered Acts

WORLD HERITAGE PROPERTIES CONSERVATION ACT 1983 No. 5 of 1983 - SECT 12

12. (1) Nothing in section 9, 10 or 11 renders it unlawful for a person to do
an act that is authorized to be done pursuant to a zoning plan in operation
under the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975 or pursuant to a plan of
management in force under the National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 
1975 .

(2) Where the Governor-General is satisfied that no act that is or may be
authorized to be done by or pursuant to a provision of a law of a State or
Territory or by or pursuant to a plan or scheme formulated in accordance with
a law of a State or Territory -

   (a)  would damage or destroy property to which section 9 or 10 applies; or

   (b)  would damage or destroy, or would be likely to result in damage to or
        the destruction of, a site to which section 11 applies or any
        artefacts or relics on such a site, the regulations may declare that
        provision, plan or scheme to be a provision, plan or scheme to which
        sub-section (3) applies in relation to that property or site.

(3) Nothing in section 9, 10 or 11 renders it unlawful for a person to do an
act that is authorized to be done by or pursuant to a provision, plan or
scheme to which this sub-section applies.