Dictionary
Schedule 4 Dictionary
section 3
1km line, around a reef, means the line every point of which is 1km seaward from the seaward edge of the reef.
2km line, around a reef, means the line every point of which is 2km seaward from the seaward edge of the reef.
500m line, around a reef, means the line every point of which is 500m seaward from the seaward edge of the reef.
coastal 1km line—
1 The coastal 1km line around an island is the line every point of which is 1km seaward from the island at low water.
2 However, to the extent there is a fringing reef around the island, the coastal 1km line is the line every point of which is 1km seaward from the seaward edge of the fringing reef.
coastal 5km line—
1 The coastal 5km line around an island or the mainland is the line every point of which is 5km seaward from the island or the mainland at low water.
2 However, to the extent there is a fringing reef around the island or the mainland, the coastal 5km line is the line every point of which is 5km seaward from the seaward edge of the fringing reef.
coastal 20m line, around the mainland, means the line every point of which is 20m seaward from the mainland at high water.
coastal 100m line—
1 The coastal 100m line around the mainland is the line every point of which is 100m seaward from the mainland at low water.
2 However, to the extent there is a fringing reef around the mainland, the coastal 100m line is the line every point of which is 100m seaward from the seaward edge of the fringing reef.
coastal 500m line—
1 The coastal 500m line around an island, the mainland, a rock or a group of rocks, is the line every point of which is 500m seaward from the island, the mainland, the rock or the group of rocks, at low water.
2 However, to the extent there is a fringing reef around the island, the mainland, the rock or the group of rocks, the coastal 500m line is the line every point of which is 500m seaward from the seaward edge of the fringing reef.
coastal line, in relation to an island or the mainland, means a line that—
runs along the island or mainland at high water; and
where the island or mainland at high water meets a side of a mouth of a river, creek or stream, runs in a straight line to where the other side of the mouth meets the island or mainland at high water.
fringing reef, around an island or the mainland, means a reef that adjoins, overlaps or is in close proximity to the island or the mainland at low water.
geodesic means a line between 2 points that follows the curvature of the earth.
Great Barrier Reef Coast Marine Park means the marine park of that name described in schedule 2.
Great Barrier Reef Region means the Great Barrier Reef Region under the Commonwealth Act.
H.A.T. means highest astronomical tide.
highest astronomical tide means the highest level of the tides that can be predicted to occur under average meteorological conditions and under any combination of astronomical conditions.
high water means the mean height of the highest high water at spring tide.
L.A.T. means lowest astronomical tide.
limit of coastal waters means the extent of coastal waters of the State of Queensland under the Coastal Waters (State Powers) Act 1980 (Cwlth).
lowest astronomical tide means the lowest level of the tides that can be predicted to occur under average meteorological conditions and under any combination of astronomical conditions.
low water means the mean height of the lowest low water at spring tide.
mangrove forest means a community of mangroves in which the leaves and branches of the mangroves in the community touch or overlap.
mangrove line, for a mangrove forest, means a line that—
runs along the outer boundary of the forest; and
at each point where there is a gap in the outer boundary of the forest, runs along—
if the gap is caused by a mouth of a river, creek or stream—the line that joins 1 side of the river, creek or stream to the other side by running in the general trend of the outer boundary of the forest; or
if subparagraph (i) does not apply—
in relation to the mainland—the mainland at high water; or
in relation to an island—the island at high water.
outer boundary—
1 The outer boundary of a mangrove forest is the boundary formed by the line that connects the trunks of the outermost mangroves in the forest.
2 For paragraph 1, the line that connects the trunks of the outermost mangroves in the forest must disregard any prop roots that extend further out from the trunk of any of the mangroves.
relevant mangrove line see section 6.
repealed regulation means the Marine Parks Regulation 1990 as in force immediately before the repeal of the repealed Act.
territorial sea baseline means the baseline adjacent to the coast of the State as for the time being decided under the Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973 (Cwlth), section 7(2)(b).
Trinity Inlet fish habitat area means the Trinity Inlet fish habitat area—
declared under the Fisheries Act 1994; and
as it was on the commencement of this definition.
Notes—
1 The Trinity Inlet fish habitat area as it was on the commencement of this definition is shown on plan FHA-003 [Revision 2].
2 A copy of the plan may be inspected, free of charge, during office hours on business days at the department’s offices.
true bearing means a bearing worked out by reference to true north.
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