MCU14/0028 Appendix 2 EnvProtAct 1994

                                                      Environmental Protection Act 1994
                                       Chapter 4A Great Barrier Reef protection measures
                                                                       Part 1 Preliminary

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Chapter 4A                     Great Barrier Reef
                               protection measures

Part 1                         Preliminary

74       Purpose of ch 4A
              The purpose of this chapter is to—
              (a)    reduce the impact of agricultural activities on the quality
                     of water entering the reef; and
              (b)    contribute to achieving the targets about water quality
                     improvement for the reef under agreements between the
                     State and the Commonwealth from time to time.
                     Note—
                           At the commencement of this section the current agreement was
                           the ‘Reef Water Quality Protection Plan: For catchments
                           adjacent to the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area October
                           2003’.


75       What is an agricultural ERA
        (1)   An activity is an agricultural ERA if—
              (a)    it is—
                     (i)      commercial sugar cane growing; or
                     (ii) cattle grazing carried out on an agricultural
                          property of more than 2000ha; and
                              Note—
                                 For part 3, see also section 87A (Extended meaning of
                                 agricultural ERA for pt 3).
              (b)    it is carried out on an agricultural property in 1 or more
                     of the following catchments (each a priority
                     catchment)—
                     (i)      the Wet Tropics catchment;
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