Queensland Consolidated Acts

COASTAL PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 101

101 Removing quarry material

(1) A person must not, without reasonable excuse, remove quarry material from tidal water unless the person is the holder of an allocation notice for the material.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—1,665 penalty units.

(2) A person must not, without reasonable excuse, contravene a condition of an allocation notice.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—1,665 penalty units.

(3) On a conviction for an offence under subsection (1) , the court in addition to imposing a penalty may order the offender pay to the chief executive royalty at the rate prescribed under a regulation for section 102 (1) for the quarry material removed in contravention of subsection (1) .

(4) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who removes quarry material—

(a) because of an emergency endangering the life or health of a person or involving a serious threat to the environment; or

(b) while fossicking under a licence under the Fossicking Act 1994 if the person does not remove more than 1m 3 of quarry material in a year.

(5) In this section—

"remove" includes collect.