Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975

aggravated contravention has the meaning given by section 38GB.

aggravated offence has the meaning given by section 38GA.

agreement includes a treaty or convention.

aircraft means a machine or apparatus that can derive support in the atmosphere from the reactions of the air or from buoyancy, but does not include a hovercraft.

amendment, in relation to a plan of management, means an amendment of such a plan that is prepared under section 39ZG.

animal means any member, alive or dead, of the animal kingdom (other than man), and includes:

ART means the Administrative Review Tribunal.

Australian jurisdiction has the meaning given by subsection 5(4).

Australian resident means:

Authority means the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority established by this Act.

CEO means the Chief Executive Officer of the Authority.

Chairperson means the Chairperson of the Authority.

charge means charge imposed by:

chargeable permission means a permission granted under the regulations, where the permission is of a kind declared by the regulations to be a chargeable permission for the purposes of this Act.

civil penalty provision has the meaning given by section 61AID.

class vessel monitoring direction has the meaning given by subsection 61AAA(7).

community group having a special interest has a meaning affected by section 39V.

compulsory pilotage area means any part of the Great Barrier Reef Region that is prescribed by the regulations.

conduct has the same meaning as in the Criminal Code.

corporate Commonwealth entity has the meaning given by the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.

declaration of contravention means a declaration made under section 61AIA.

discharge, in relation to waste, means release the waste, however the release is caused, and includes any escape, disposal, depositing, spilling, leaking, pumping, emitting or emptying of the waste.

dory means:

ecologically sustainable use has the meaning given by section 3AA.

ecosystem‑based management means an integrated approach to managing an ecosystem and matters affecting that ecosystem, with the main object being to maintain ecological processes, biodiversity and functioning biological communities.

emergency direction has the meaning given by subsection 61ACA(2).

enforceable direction has the meaning given by subsection 61ADA(2).

enforcement provision, in relation to a plan of management or an amendment of a plan of management, has the meaning given by subsection 39ZD(5) or by that subsection as it has effect because of subsection 39ZG(2), as the case may be.

engage in conduct has the same meaning as in the Criminal Code.

environmental management means:

executive officer, of a body corporate, means a person, by whatever name called and whether or not a director of the body, who is concerned in, or takes part in, the management of the body.

farming facility means a facility for the farming of marine resources.

Federal Court means the Federal Court of Australia.

fish includes all species of bony fish, sharks, rays, crustaceans, molluscs and other marine organisms, but does not include marine mammals or marine reptiles.

fishing means any of the following:

geological storage operations means:

Great Barrier Reef Region means:

other than any part of such an area that is referred to in section 14 of the Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973 or is an island, or a part of an island, that forms part of Queensland and is not owned by the Commonwealth.

Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area means the area described in Schedule 1.

hovercraft means a vehicle designed to be supported on a cushion of air.

Indigenous person means a person who is:

individual vessel monitoring direction has the meaning given by subsection 61AAA(2).

inspector means:

landing area means an area for the landing of aircraft.

late payment penalty means an amount payable under subsection 39G(1), (1A) or (1B).

Marine Park means the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park established by this Act.

master means a person having command or charge of a vessel.

member means a member of the Authority.

member of the governing body of a relevant interest group has the meaning given by subsection 10(10).

minerals means minerals in any form, whether solid, liquid or gaseous and whether organic or inorganic.

mining operations:

mitigate, in relation to damage, includes prevent further damage.

navigate without a pilot has the meaning given by subsections (5) and (6).

offence against this Act includes an offence against section 137.1 or 137.2 of the Criminal Code that relates to this Act.

official has the meaning given by the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.

oil has the same meaning as in Part II of the Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Act 1983.

oil tanker means a vessel fitted with cargo spaces that are constructed and used to carry oil in bulk of a total capacity of at least 200 cubic metres.

overall length has the meaning given by subsection (7) or (8).

owner, in relation to a vessel, has the meaning given by subsection (9) or (10).

paid work means work for financial gain or reward (whether as an employee, a self‑employed person or otherwise).

part‑time member means a member appointed under subsections 10(2) and (2A).

pecuniary penalty order means an order referred to in subsection 61AIC(2).

pilot means a person:

pilot’s certificate means a certificate issued by a pilot under section 59E.

plan of management means a plan of management for the Marine Park that is prepared in accordance with Part VB.

plant means any member, alive or dead, of the plant kingdom or of the fungus kingdom, and includes seeds and parts of plants.

port has the same meaning as in the Navigation Act 2012.

precautionary principle means the principle that lack of full scientific certainty should not be used as a reason for postponing a measure to prevent degradation of the environment where there are threats of serious or irreversible environmental damage.

primary commercial fishing vessel means:

principles of ecologically sustainable use has the meaning given by section 3AB.

prohibited: conduct in a zone is prohibited if the conduct is neither:

protected species means any of the following:

public notice means a notice published:

reef includes bommie fields, reef slopes, moats and ramparts.

regulated ship means any kind of vessel:

other than:

remediation order has the meaning given by subsection 61AHA(1).

reviewable decision has the meaning given by subsection 64(3).

take, in relation to an animal or plant, includes remove, gather, catch, capture, kill, destroy, dredge for, raise, carry away, bring ashore, interfere with and obtain.

this Act includes the regulations.

traditional owner means an Indigenous person:

unzoned area means that part (if any) of the Marine Park in respect of which no zoning plan is in force.

vessel means a ship, boat, raft or pontoon or any other thing capable of carrying persons or goods through or on water, and includes a hovercraft.

vessel monitoring direction means an individual vessel monitoring direction or a class vessel monitoring direction.

vessel monitoring system means a system in which vessels are fitted with an electronic device that can provide information about the vessels’ course or position, or other such information.

waste means any of the following:

zone means a zone created by a zoning plan (whether designated in the plan as a zone, area or some other designation).

zoning plan means a zoning plan prepared in accordance with Division 2 of Part V.

approved conservation advice

Australian aircraft

Australian IUCN reserve management principles

Australian vessel

biodiversity

bioregional plan

cetacean

critical habitat

ecological community

ecosystem

environment

heritage value

IUCN category

key threatening process

listed marine species

listed migratory species

listed threatened ecological community

listed threatened species

recovery plan

species

threat abatement plan

wildlife conservation plan

World Heritage Convention

world heritage values

that relates to an offence against a provision of this Act.

the vessel under tow is to be treated as if it were navigating with a pilot.