Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

GREAT BARRIER REEF MARINE PARK REGULATIONS 2019 (F2019L00166) - REG 185

             (1)  A person commits an offence if:

                     (a)  a person enters the water (whether or not in the Marine Park); and

                     (b)  the person's entry into the water occurs within:

                              (i)  100 metres of a whale; or

                             (ii)  50 metres of a dolphin; and

                     (c)  the whale or dolphin is in the Marine Park.

Penalty:  50 penalty units.

             (2)  Strict liability applies to paragraph (1)(c).

             (3)  A person commits an offence of strict liability if the person, while in water in the Marine Park, approaches within 30 metres of a cetacean.

Penalty:  50 penalty units.

             (4)  A person commits an offence of strict liability if:

                     (a)  the person is in the water in the Marine Park; and

                     (b)  a cetacean comes within 30 metres of the person; and

                     (c)  the person:

                              (i)  does not move slowly to avoid startling the cetacean; or

                             (ii)  swims towards it.

Penalty:  50 penalty units.