Biodiversity Conservation Regulations 2018

If prescribed fauna approaches a person (including a person who is in water on a board or other device that allows the person to float on the water) so that it is closer than the separation distance that applies in relation to the fauna, the person must move away from the fauna as soon as reasonably possible until the distance between the person and the fauna is at least the separation distance.

If prescribed fauna approaches a vessel so that it is closer than the separation distance that applies in relation to the fauna, the person in charge of the vessel must ensure that the separation distance is established by —

switching off the vessel, or putting the vessel into neutral, or otherwise disengaging any other means of propulsion, until the distance between the vessel and the fauna is at least the separation distance; or

moving the vessel away from the fauna —

at a speed not exceeding 6 knots; and

until the distance between the vessel and the fauna is at least the separation distance.

If prescribed fauna approaches an aircraft so that it is closer than the separation distance that applies in relation to the fauna, the person in charge of the aircraft must move the aircraft away from the fauna until the distance between the aircraft and the fauna is at least the separation distance.

If prescribed fauna approaches an aerial device so that it is closer than the separation distance that applies in relation to the fauna, the person in charge of the aerial device must move the aerial device away from the fauna until the distance between the aerial device and the fauna is at least the separation distance.