Environmental Protection Act 1994

A regulation may prescribe an activity as an environmentally relevant activity if the Governor in Council is satisfied—

that—

a contaminant will or may be released into the environment when the activity is carried out; and

the release of the contaminant will or may cause environmental harm; or

the activity will or may otherwise adversely affect an environmental value of the marine environment.

Without limiting subsection (1), a regulation under that subsection may prescribe an activity carried out in a relevant Great Barrier Reef Marine Park area as an environmentally relevant activity.

To remove any doubt, a regulation made under subsection (1) may not modify the definition of an agricultural ERA or a resource activity.

In this section—Great Barrier Reef Marine Park means the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park under the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975 (Cwlth).relevant Great Barrier Reef Marine Park area means an area—

partly within the State and partly outside the State, but within the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park; or

of which—

part is within the State but not within the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park; and

part is outside the State but within the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.