Queensland Numbered Acts

MARINE PARKS ACT 2004 No. 31 - SECT 95

(1) The chief executive may declare an area within a marine park to be a temporary restricted area if the chief executive considers urgent action is needed to deal with--

(a) a serious risk to the park's environment or use and non-use values; or

(b) a risk of injury or illness to a person.

(2) The declaration must state--

(a) that it is a temporary restricted area declaration; and

(b) an outline of the nature of the emergency; and

(c) a description, by map or otherwise, of the boundaries of the temporary restricted area.

(3) The declaration may provide for the regulation of things the chief executive reasonably considers are necessary to meet the risk for which the declaration is made.

(4) The chief executive--

(a) must publish the declaration in the gazette; and

(b) may publish the declaration in other ways the chief executive considers appropriate having regard to the nature of the emergency.

Examples of ways of publishing the declaration--

(5) The declaration has effect when it is published in the gazette.

(6) The chief executive must repeal the declaration as soon as possible after the chief executive considers the emergency no longer exists.