Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01022:reg:183
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01022
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 183
Character Range: 274358–274943

183  No feeding of cetaceans
 (1) A person commits an offence of strict liability if the person feeds or attempts to feed a cetacean in the Marine Park (including by throwing food or rubbish into the water near a cetacean).
Penalty: 50 penalty units.

Exception
 (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to the routine discarding of bycatch by a commercial fisher if the fisher makes reasonable efforts to avoid discarding bycatch near the cetacean.
Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matters mentioned in subsection (2) (see section 13.3 of the Criminal Code).