Great Barrier Reef Region (Prohibition of Mining) Regulations 1999

1 Name of Regulations 2

2 Commencement 2

3 Definitions 2

4 No mining in relevant area 2 1999, 339 Great Barrier Reef Region (Prohibition of Mining) 1 Regulations 1999 Regulation 1

1 Name of Regulations These Regulations are the Great Barrier Reef Region (Prohibition of Mining) Regulations 1999.

2 Commencement These Regulations commence on gazettal.

3 Definitions In these Regulations: Act means the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975. mining operation includes operations for the recovery of minerals but does not include operations for: (a) research and investigations intended to enhance the conservation of the Marine Park; or (b) scientific research intended to enhance the conservation of the Marine Park. relevant area means the area of the Great Barrier Reef Region that is not, for the time being, part of the Marine Park.

4 No mining in relevant area (1) A person must not carry on a mining operation, or research for a mining operation, in the relevant area. Penalty: 50 penalty units. (2) A contravention of subregulation (1) is an offence of strict liability. (3) In subregulation (2), offence of strict liability has the meaning given by section 6.1 of the Criminal Code. Note 1 Subsection 4B (3) of the Crimes Act 1914 provides that if a body corporate is convicted of an offence, a court may impose a penalty of an amount that is not greater than 5 times the maximum fine that could be imposed by a court on an individual convicted of the same offence. Note 2 Section 38 of the Act deals with operations for the recovery of minerals in the Marine Park.

2 Great Barrier Reef Region (Prohibition of Mining) 1999, 339 Regulations 1999 Note 1. Made by the Governor-General on 15 December 1999, and notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 22 December 1999. 1999, 339 Great Barrier Reef Region (Prohibition of Mining) 3 Regulations 1999