Queensland Consolidated Acts

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1994 - SECT 440Z

440Z Power boat sports in waterway

(1) A person must not use a power boat, or permit the use of a power boat, in a waterway for a power boat sport if the use makes audible noise for the same affected building for more than a continuous period of 2 minutes—

(a) on a business day or Saturday, before 7a.m. or after 7p.m; or

(b) on any other day, before 8a.m. or after 6.30p.m.

(2) In this section—

"power boat sport" means—

(a) a sport in which a person is towed by a line attached to a power boat, including, for example, a person water skiing or riding on a toboggan or tube; or

(b) operating a jet ski or other power-driven personal watercraft, other than for fishing.

"waterway" means any of the following—

(a) a creek, river, stream or watercourse;

(b) an inlet of the sea into which a creek, river, stream or watercourse flows;

(c) a dam or weir.