Queensland Consolidated Acts

MARINE PARKS ACT 2004

- As at 1 March 2023 
- Act 31 of 2004 

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1 - PRELIMINARY

   1.      Short title
   2.      Commencement
   3.      Definitions
   4.      (Repealed)
   5.      Purpose of Act
   6.      Act binds all persons
   7.      Territorial application of Act

   PART 2 - MARINE PARKS

           Division 1 - Establishment

   8.      Declaration

           Division 2 - Revocation

   9.      Revocation of park
   10.     Publication of revocation notice
   11.     Revocation of park included in or amalgamated with another park
   12.     Revocation of park comprising a protected area under the Nature Conservation Act 1992

           Division 3 - Reclamation of tidal land, and revocation

   13.     Simplified outline of div 3
   14.     Notice of proposed revocation of reclaimed part of park
   15.     Permission for carrying out proposed reclamation
   16.     EIS required
   17.     Public consultation about EIS and other information
   18.     Certificate of satisfactory completion
   19.     Revocation of reclaimed part of park

           Division 4 - Other provisions about marine parks

   20.     What park comprises

   PART 3 - ZONING AND MANAGEMENT PLANS

           Division 1 - Zoning plans

              Subdivision 1 - Prescription

   21.     Zoning plan
   22.     Preparation and notice of draft plan
   23.     Preparation of final plan
   24.     Content of zoning plan

              Subdivision 2 - Amendment

   25.     Amendment of zoning plan
   26.     Preparation and notice of draft amendment
   27.     Preparation of final amendment

              Subdivision 3 - Other provisions

   28.     Tabling of statement with zoning plan or amendment

           Division 2 - Management plans

              Subdivision 1 - Approval

   29.     Approval of management plan
   30.     Preparation of draft plan
   31.     Notice of draft plan
   32.     Preparation of final plan
   32A.    Plan may be combined with another plan
   33.     When management plan has effect

              Subdivision 2 - Amendment and review

   34.     Approval of amendment of management plan
   35.     Preparation and notice of draft amendment
   36.     Notice of draft amendment
   37.     Preparation of final amendment
   38.     When amendment has effect
   39.     Review of management plan

              Subdivision 3 - Other provisions

   40.     Public access to current management plan
   41.     Chief executive may enter into cooperative arrangement for management plan
   42.     Moratorium on grant of new permissions

   PART 4 - OFFENCES

           Division 1 - Entry to or use of marine park

   43.     Entry or use for a prohibited purpose
   44.     Entry or use without an authority
   45.     Entry or use requiring notice

           Division 2 - Other offence provisions

   46.     False or misleading information given by applicant
   47.     False or misleading documents given by applicant
   48.     Noncompliance with temporary restricted area declaration
   49.     Noncompliance with conditions of an authority
   50.     Unlawful serious environmental harm
   51.     Unlawful use of particular words

   PART 5 - MONITORING AND ENFORCEMENT

           Division 1 - Inspectors

   52.     Appointment and qualifications
   52A.    Functions of inspectors
   53.     Appointment conditions and limit on powers
   54.     Issue of identity card
   55.     Production or display of identity card
   56.     When inspector ceases to hold office
   57.     Resignation
   58.     Return of identity card

           Division 2 - Powers of inspectors

              Subdivision 1 - Entry to places

   59.     Power to enter places

              Subdivision 2 - Procedure for entry

   60.     Entry with consent
   61.     Application for warrant
   62.     Issue of warrant
   63.     Application by electronic communication and duplicate warrant
   64.     Defect in relation to a warrant
   65.     Warrants—procedure before entry

              Subdivision 3 - Powers after entry

   66.     General powers after entering places
   67.     Power to require reasonable help or information

              Subdivision 4 - Other powers

   68.     Power to require name and address
   69.     Power to require information about contravention
   70.     Power to stop persons
   71.     Power to give direction to leave area
   72.     Power to stop and search vessels, vehicles and aircraft
   73.     Power to require driver or person in control to give reasonable help etc.

              Subdivision 5 - Power to seize evidence

   74.     Seizing evidence at place entered under s 59
   75.     Seizing evidence on or in vessel, vehicle or aircraft entered or boarded under s 72
   76.     Powers in support of seizure
   77.     Securing seized things
   78.     Tampering with seized things
   79.     Receipt for seized things
   80.     Inspector may dispose of natural resources taken unlawfully
   81.     Forfeiture of seized things
   82.     Dealing with forfeited things
   83.     Return of seized things
   84.     Access to seized things

           Division 3 - General enforcement matters

   85.     Definition for div 3
   86.     Inspector’s obligation not to cause unnecessary damage
   87.     Notice of damage
   88.     Compensation
   89.     False or misleading information given to inspector
   90.     False or misleading documents given to inspector
   91.     Obstructing inspector
   92.     Impersonating inspector
   92A.    Impersonating ranger

           Division 4 - Compliance notices

   93.     Compliance notice

   PART 6 - OTHER PROVISIONS FOR PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT AND USERS OF MARINE PARKS

           Division 1 - Preliminary

   94.     Definitions for pt 6

           Division 2 - Temporary restricted area declaration

   95.     Temporary restricted area declaration
   96.     Expiry of declaration
   97.     Declaration is not subordinate legislation
   98.     Temporary restricted area declaration prevails over regulation, zoning plan or authority

           Division 3 - Directions for protecting environment and users

   99.     Inspector’s power to give directions

           Division 4 - Removing abandoned, stranded, sunk or wrecked property

              Subdivision 1 - Removal of property other than in urgent circumstances

   100.    Inspector’s power to remove property
   101.    Removal notice
   102.    Seizure, removal and disposal without giving removal notice

              Subdivision 2 - Removal of property in urgent circumstances

   103.    Inspector’s power to remove property
   104.    Removal notice

              Subdivision 3 - Dealing with property after removal

   105.    Action inspector may take if property not claimed
   106.    Dealing with proceeds of sale
   107.    Release of property
   108.    Recovery of costs of removal etc.

           Division 5 - Restoration of environment etc.

   109.    Restoration of environment etc.

   PART 7 - PROCEEDINGS FOR ENFORCEMENT ORDERS

           Division 1 - Preliminary

   110.    Definitions for pt 7

           Division 2 - Enforcement orders

   111.    Proceeding for enforcement orders
   112.    Making interim enforcement order
   113.    Making enforcement order
   114.    Effect of orders
   115.    Court’s powers about orders

           Division 3 - General procedural provision

   116.    Proceeding brought in representative capacity

   PART 8 - REVIEW OF DECISIONS

           Division 1 - Preliminary

   117.    Review of particular decisions must be by way of internal review or ADR process

           Division 2 - Internal review

   118.    Applying for an internal review
   119.    Internal review decision
   120.    Stay of operation of original decision

           Division 3 - External reviews by QCAT

   121.    Who may apply for external review
   122.    (Repealed)
   123.    (Repealed)
   124.    (Repealed)

   PART 9 - LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

           Division 1 - Evidence

   125.    Application of div 1
   126.    Appointments and authority
   127.    Signatures
   128.    Certificate about evidence of location of aircraft or vessel
   129.    Evidentiary matters

           Division 2 - Matters about offence proceedings and indictable and summary offences

   130.    Types of offences
   131.    Proceedings for indictable offence
   132.    Limitation on who may summarily hear indictable offence
   133.    Limitation on time for starting summary proceeding
   134.    Allegations of false or misleading information or documents
   135.    Responsibility for acts or omissions of representatives
   136.    Executive officers responsible for ensuring corporation complies with Act
   137.    Holder of authority responsible for ensuring Act complied with
   138.    Responsibility for offences committed with use of vessel, vehicle or aircraft
   139.    Court’s powers on conviction for an offence

           Division 3 - Judicial review of administrative decisions

   140.    Extended standing for judicial review

   PART 10 - MISCELLANEOUS

           Division 1 - Codes of practice

   141.    Approval or making of code
   142.    When code has effect
   143.    Access to code

           Division 2 - Other miscellaneous provisions

   144.    Public authority’s obligation about threatening incidents for marine parks
   145.    Chief executive’s power to decide fee for producing a copy of a document
   145A.   Chief executive’s general powers
   145B.   Entry or use by authorised persons without permission or giving notice
   146.    Delegation of Minister’s powers
   147.    Protecting prescribed persons from liability
   147A.   Immunity from prosecution
   148.    Annual report
   149.    Approved forms
   150.    Regulation-making power
   151.    Relationship between regulation and zoning plan
   151A.   Offset conditions
   151B.   Conditions under s 151A

   PART 11 - TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

   152.    References to Marine Parks Act 1982
   153.    Pending legal proceedings
   154.    Existing marine parks
   155.    Existing zoning plans
   155A.   Continuation of making and approval of zoning plan or amendment
   156.    Existing management plans
   156A.   Continuation of preparation and approval of management plan
   157.    Existing notices about designated areas
   158.    Existing limitation on application of regulation and zoning plan made under repealed Act
   159.    Existing temporary restricted areas
   160.    Existing permissions
   161.    Existing applications for permissions
   162.    Existing orders etc.
   163.    Existing inspectors

   PART 12 - VALIDATION AND DECLARATION PROVISIONS

   164.    Validation of existing zoning plans and permissions authorising reclamation of tidal land in a marine park
   165.    Declaration about authorised reclamation of tidal land in a marine park
   166.    Effect of validation and declaration on proceedings

   PART 13 - TRANSITIONAL PROVISION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL OFFSETS ACT 2014

   167.    (Expired)

   PART 14 - REPEAL

   169.    Repeal
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