Proximity to estuarine crocodiles in the wild
51A Proximity to estuarine crocodiles in the wild
This section applies in relation to an estuarine crocodile in the wild.
A person must not, without a reasonable excuse, operate a boat or drive a vehicle within 10m of an estuarine crocodile.
Example of a reasonable excuse—
a person operating a boat is passing an estuarine crocodile in a river and the distance between the crocodile and each bank of the river is less than 10m
Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
A person on land must not, without a reasonable excuse, remain within 10m of an estuarine crocodile that is on or partly on land.
Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
Subsections (2) and (3) do not apply to—
a person operating a boat or vehicle within 10m of an estuarine crocodile while conducting a crocodile viewing commercial activity in a way that complies with the commercial crocodile viewing code; or
a person operating a boat or driving a vehicle to take estuarine crocodile eggs, or inspect an estuarine crocodile nest for taking estuarine crocodile eggs, under a harvesting licence for estuarine crocodile eggs.
In this section—
commercial crocodile viewing code means the document called ‘Code of practice—commercial crocodile viewing’, approved by the chief executive under section 174A of the Act.
crocodile viewing commercial activity means an activity—
that involves carrying people in a boat or vehicle to watch estuarine crocodiles in the wild; and
that is conducted for a commercial purpose.
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