Queensland Consolidated Acts

NATURE CONSERVATION ACT 1992 - SECT 70

70 Unlawful use of certain words

(1) A person must not use words about an area that is not a protected area in a way that is likely to cause someone else reasonably to believe the area is a protected area.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.

(2) A person must not use words about a protected area in a way that is likely to cause someone else reasonably to believe the area is a protected area of a different class.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.

(3) However, subsections (1) and (2) do not stop a person using the words ‘national park’ or ‘conservation park’ in referring to the name of—

(a) a zone of a marine park set apart and declared under the Marine Parks Act 1982 ; or

(b) an area declared to be part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park under the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975 (Cwlth) .