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GREAT BARRIER REEF MARINE PARK (AQUACULTURE) REGULATIONS 2000 2000 NO. 6 - REG 16

Discharge of aquaculture waste permitted under accredited Queensland law
(1)
Subject to subregulation (2) and regulation 17, regulation 9 is not taken to prohibit the discharge of aquaculture waste from an aquaculture facility if:

(a)
the discharge is authorised by a licence or permission (however described) granted under an accredited Queensland law; and

(b)
at the time of the discharge, the accreditation of the law is in effect.

(2)
For paragraph (1) (a), if the Minister makes a declaration under regulation 7 about the law and the declaration applies to the facility, a licence or permission granted under the law is not taken to authorise the discharge of aquaculture waste from the facility.

(3)
For subregulation (1), a licence or permission is taken to authorise the discharge of aquaculture waste from an aquaculture facility only if the licence or permission specifically authorises the discharge of waste of that kind from the facility.

(4)
For paragraph (1) (b), the accreditation of a law ceases to have effect:

(a)
when a revocation of the accreditation has effect; or

(b)
in relation to an aquaculture facility in respect of which the Authority gives notice under regulation 17 — at the end of the day on which, under the notice, the operator of the facility must cease discharging aquaculture waste from it.



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