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Natural Area), Part 4 (Designated Areas) and Part 5 (Additional purposes for use or entry), which are discussed below. The overlay of use or entry provisions within the zoned areas, as provided by or under Parts 3, 4 and 5, is an integral part of the zoning scheme.

Remote Natural Area

22. Part 3 (Remote Natural Area) of this Zoning Plan provides for the establishment of the Remote Natural Area to ensure that the Area is recognised and managed for its natural and undeveloped character. The provisions of this Zoning Plan for the Remote Natural Area are primarily concerned with recreational and tourism use or amenity, and are intended to encourage recognition of the value of the area as remote destinations for low levels of nature-based tourism and private recreation. The Remote Natural Area is also intended to be largely free from structures and permanently moored facilities, and to restrict certain works such as dredging and spoil disposal.

23. The boundary of the Remote Natural Area established at the commencement of this Zoning Plan is set out in Part 9 of Schedule 1 to this Zoning Plan. The approximate location of the Remote Natural Area is shown on relevant zoning maps accompanying this Zoning Plan. Regulations made under the Act may from time to time designate further zoned areas as part of the Remote Natural Area.

Designated Areas

24. Part 4 (Designated Areas) of this Zoning Plan provides for 3 kinds of Designated Areas within zoned areas.

25. Shipping Areas are intended to facilitate passage through the Marine Park by ships. A Shipping Area is an area within which ships may navigate through the Marine Park, subject to any limitations prescribed in the Regulations. The Shipping Areas designated at the commencement of this Zoning Plan are described in Part 10 of Schedule 1 to this Zoning Plan. Further Shipping Areas may be designated in the Regulations.

26. Special Management Areas are parts of the zoned areas where specific management measures are necessary — for example, to regulate access or activities in heavily used areas, to protect resources, to allow for the replenishment of resource stocks, or to ensure public safety. The Special Management Areas may be applied on a temporary, seasonal or permanent basis as prescribed in the Regulations. The Authority may also designate Special Management Areas in accordance with the Regulations to deal with situations requiring immediate management action.

27. Fisheries Experimental Areas provide for the continuation of scientific research into the effects of line fishing on the fish stocks and ecosystems of the Great Barrier Reef through the Effects of Line Fishing Experiment, which is being conducted by the Cooperative Research Centre for the Great Barrier Reef World