Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01022:reg:171a
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01022
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 171A
Character Range: 263397–264240

171A  Contravention of anchoring restrictions
 (1) A person commits an offence of strict liability if the person drops an anchor for a vessel, an aircraft or any other facility in a no‑anchoring area (other than a no‑anchoring area that is in the Whitsunday Planning Area).
Note: Subclause 2.12(3) of the Whitsundays Plan of Management 1998 prohibits a person from dropping an anchor in a no‑anchoring area (as defined in this instrument) in the Whitsunday Planning Area. Section 234 of this instrument makes it an offence to contravene a provision of the Plan of Management.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
 (2) The master of a vessel commits an offence of strict liability if any person on board the vessel drops an anchor for the vessel in a no‑anchoring area.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.

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