Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

GREAT BARRIER REEF MARINE PARK REGULATIONS 2019 (F2019L00166) - REG 53

Designation of Maritime Cultural Heritage Protection SMAs

             (1)  Each area described in clause 10 of Schedule 5 is designated as a Maritime Cultural Heritage Protection SMA in accordance with that clause.

Special management provisions

             (2)  A person must not do any of the following in a Maritime Cultural Heritage Protection SMA without the written permission of the Authority:

                     (a)  enter a wreck;

                     (b)  approach within 100 metres of a wreck (other than in a non-submersible vessel or aircraft);

                     (c)  operate a vessel, other than for the purpose of transiting the SMA;

                     (d)  anchor or attempt to anchor a vessel, or deploy the vessel's anchoring equipment.

             (3)   A person must not undertake fishing (within the meaning of the Act) or collecting (within the ordinary meaning of the expression) in a Maritime Cultural Heritage Protection SMA.