Marine Parks Act 1982

Marine Parks (Woongarra Zoning Plan) Order 1991

END NOTES

1. Made by the Governor in Council on 12 December 1991.

2. Published in the Gazette on 14 December 1991.

3. Not required to be laid before the Legislative Assembly.

4. The administering agency is the Department of Environment and Heritage.

PART 3—DESIGNATED AREA PROVISIONS

Designated areas

11.(1) The following areas are set aside for special management—

(a) Turtle Monitoring Special Management Area;

(b) Mon Repos Special Management Area;

(c) Turtle Protection Special Management Area.

(2) The boundaries of the designated areas are set out in Schedule 2.

(3) The approximate locations of the designated areas are shown on the designated areas map in Schedule 4.

Objectives

12.(1) The objective of setting aside the Turtle Monitoring Special Management Area for special management is to investigate any effects of trawling on marine turtles during the turtle nesting season.

(2) The objective of setting aside the Mon Repos Special Management Area is to provide for foreshore, inshore and nearshore areas at Mon Repos to be specially managed for the purposes of conservation of marine turtle rookeries, appreciation by the public and for the regulation of public access.

(3) The objective of setting aside the Turtle Protection Special Management Area is to provide for other areas of the marine park to be specially managed for the purposes of conservation of natural or cultural resources, undisturbed scientific research, appreciation by the public and public safety.

 

---

Citation and/or URL

Marine Parks (Woongarra Zoning Plan) Order 1991 

---

Source

Queensland Subordinate Legislation 1991, No. 170

---

Spatial Coverage

Woongarra area between Elliott Heads and the mouth of the Burnett River 

---

Temporal Coverage

Gazettal occurred 14 December 1991 

---

Update Frequency

Not applicable 

---

Other Information

None