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New regulations for zoning breaches and permit applications
Several information sheets have been developed to help you understand the new laws that come into effect in the Great Barrier Reef on 25 November 2009.
The new regulations provide increased flexibility for addressing breaches of zoning rules in the Great Barrier Reef, but do not change zone boundaries.
They also establish the Marine Park as a nationally protected matter under national environment law (the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999).
- Fact sheet – new avenues to deal with compliance in the Great Barrier Reef
- Fact sheet – new permit processes for the Great Barrier Reef
- Fact sheet – netting arrangements in Dugong Protection Area B
These changes follow amendments to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act as a result of the Australian Government’s review of the Act in 2006.
Related links
- Background – amendments to the Act (link to http://www.gbrmpa.gov.au/corp_site/about_us/review)
- Review of the GBRMPA Act 1975 (link to http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/publications/gbrmp-act-amendment.html)
- Information on the EPBC Act changes (link to http://www.environment.gov.au/epbc/about/better-protection-for-gbrmp.html)
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Free Zoning Maps
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What you can do
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Report marine strandings
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