Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

GREAT BARRIER REEF MARINE PARK ACT 1975 - SECT 38BC

  (1)   A person commits an offence if:

  (a)   the person engages in conduct; and

  (b)   the conduct is engaged in in a zone; and

  (c)   the zoning plan for the zone requires that notice must be given to a specified body before the conduct is engaged in; and

  (d)   the person failed to give the specified body notice in accordance with the zoning plan before engaging in the conduct.

Penalty:   200 penalty units.

  (2)   Strict liability applies to paragraphs   (1)(b) and (c).

Note:   For strict liability, see section   6.1 of the Criminal Code .

  (3)   The fault element for paragraph   (1)(d) is negligence.

Note:   For negligence, see section   5.5 of the Criminal Code .