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Section 182 Buoy mooring category areas

Transport Operations (Marine Safety) Regulation 2016

(1) This section applies to Queensland waters other than Gold Coast waters.

(2) The general manager may, by gazette notice, define an area of Queensland waters as 1 of the following category areas for buoy moorings—

(a) a category 1 area;

(b) a category 2 area.

(3) An area of Queensland waters that is not defined as a category 1 or 2 area is a category 3 area.

(4) The general manager may, by written agreement with a person (a mooring manager), vest in the person the management and control of buoy moorings within a category 1 area in Queensland waters.

• the capacity to charge fees for the use of a buoy mooring

• the capacity to set conditions on the establishment of a buoy mooring

• the capacity to set conditions on the use of a buoy mooring

Queensland Marine Safety Regulation 2016 current as at 1 February 2026. Official text: legislation.qld.gov.au.

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