Marine Reserves Act 1971 No 15 (as at 01 November 2008), Public Act

Act by section

24 Regulations
  • (1) The Governor-General may from time to time, by Order in Council, make, either generally or with respect to any specified marine reserve, all such regulations as are necessary for the due administration of, and for giving full effect to, the provisions of this Act.

    (2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1) of this section, any such regulations may—

    • (a) Provide for the management, safety, and preservation of reserves, the conduct and control of scientific study within reserves, and the safety and preservation of the marine life in reserves:

    • (b) Provide for the keeping of order in any reserve:

    • (c) Authorise the Director-General to exclude the public from any specified part or parts of any reserve:

    • (d) Prescribe the conditions on which persons shall have access to or be excluded from any reserve or part of any reserve:

    • (e) Prescribe the conditions on which persons may remain within any reserve:

    • (f) Prescribing offences in respect of the contravention of or non-compliance with any regulations made under this section, and the amount of the fines that may be imposed on summary conviction in respect of any such offences, which fines shall be an amount not exceeding $2,500.

    Subsection (2) was inserted, as from 10 April 1990, by section 60 Conservation Law Reform Act 1990 (1990 No 31).

    Subsection (2)(f) was amended, as from 1 October 1996, by section 316(1) Fisheries Act 1996 (1996 No 88) by substituting the expression $2,500 for the expression $200. See clause 2 Fisheries Act Commencement Order (No 2) 1996 (SR 1996/255).