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GREAT BARRIER REEF MARINE PARK REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1993 NO. 188

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

STATUTORY RULES 1993 No. 188

Issued under the authority of the Minister for the Environment, Sport and Territories

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Regulations (Amendment)

The purpose of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Regulations (Amendment) is to give effect to the provisions of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (Amendment) Act 1993, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (Environmental Management Charge - General) Act 1993 and the Great Barrier Reef (Environmental Management Charge - Excise) Act 1993. These Acts provide for the charging of a fee for commercial operations within the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. The details of the amount of the fee and the types of operations which are required to pay the fee are determined by the proposed regulations contained in these amendments to the Regulations as outlined below.

Regulation 1 - Commencement

This proposed Regulation makes 1 July 1993 the date on which these Regulations commence.

Regulation 2 - Amendment

This proposed Regulation provides for the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Regulations to be amended.

Regulation 3

This proposed Regulation changes the heading for Part 5 of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Regulations to include a specific reference to fees for applications for permissions for activities in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (the Marine Park).

Regulation 4

This proposed Regulation inserts a new Part 5A into the Regulations dealing with Environmental Management Charges and inserts the following new regulations:

Regulation 34 (Interpretation)

This proposed Regulation provides definitions for the terms that are used in the Part.

Regulation 35 (Chargeable permissions)

This proposed Regulation defines the categories of permissions for commercial operations in the Marine Park that will be subject to the Environmental Management Charge.

Regulation 36 (Charges relating to number of Park users))

This proposed Regulation defines the categories of persons who are not tourists for the purpose of determining the permission holders liability to pay the Environmental Management Charge.

Regulations 37 - 51 (Amount of Charge and Payment)

These proposed Regulations list each type of commercial activity in the Marine Park for which an Environmental Management Charge is payable and describes the amount of the charge, its method of calculation and when the charge is payable to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (the Authority).

Regulation 52 (Record-keeping)

This proposed Regulation requires the holder of a permission for a commercial operation in the Marine Park, which is subject to an Environmental Management Charge, and is calculated by reference to the number of persons in certain categories carried in the Marine Park, to keep records in a logbook supplied by the Authority. The proposed Regulation requires the logbook to be kept in a particular place and for a period of at least two years.

Regulation 53 (Returns)

This proposed Regulation requires the holder of a permission from the Authority for a commercial operation in the Marine Park which is subject to an environmental management charge which is calculated by a reference to the number of persons in certain categories carried in the Marine Park by that operator, to submit to the Authority a return which will summarise the information recorded in logbooks.

The holders of permissions for the discharge of sewage into the Marine Park will be required to submit a return providing details of the quantity and chemical and biological nature of the sewage waste discharged into the Marine Park.


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