Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

GREAT BARRIER REEF MARINE PARK REGULATIONS 2019 (F2019L00166) - REG 21

                   In the Zoning Plan, limited impact research (non-extractive) means research that:

                     (a)  does not involve any of the following:

                              (i)  an activity that would require permission if it were not part of a research activity;

                             (ii)  physical disturbance of a heritage value of a place (including physical disturbance of an artefact that is part of that value);

                            (iii)  taking (within the meaning of the Zoning Plan) of animals, plants or marine products, by means other than the use, for a visual survey, of non-fixed transect tapes, or non-fixed quadrats, that are attended at all times while in use; and

                     (b)  is a component of a research project conducted by a research institution accredited under section 13; and

                     (c)  if:

                              (i)  the research is conducted in an area of the Scientific Research Zone; and

                             (ii)  the Authority has approved an environmental management plan in writing for a research station associated with the area;

                            is conducted in accordance with that plan.