Cocos (Keeling) Islands Applied Laws Amendment (Fish Resources Management) Rules 2023 (Cth)

Cocos (Keeling) Islands Applied Laws Amendment (Fish Resources Management) Rules 2023

I, Kristy McBain, Minister for Regional Development, Local Government and Territories, make the following rules.

Dated               14 September 2023                 

Kristy McBain

Minister for Regional Development, Local Government and Territories

Contents

1  Name........................................................................................................................................ 1

2  Commencement........................................................................................................................ 1

3  Authority.................................................................................................................................. 1

4  Schedules................................................................................................................................. 1

Schedule 1—Amendments  2

Cocos (Keeling) Islands Applied Laws Ordinance 1992   2

1  Name

This instrument is the Cocos (Keeling) Islands Applied Laws  Amendment (Fish Resources Management) Rules 2023.

2  Commencement

This instrument commences on the day after this instrument is registered.

3  Authority

This instrument is made under section 4 of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands Applied Laws Ordinance 1992.

4  Schedules

Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendments

Cocos (Keeling) Islands Applied Laws Ordinance 1992

1  Item 16 of Part 15A of Schedule 1 (subregulation 64AB(4))

Omit “lots 341 and 348 on Deposited Plan 42274”, substitute “the land within Reserve No. 47727”.

2  Item 38 of Part 15A of Schedule 1 (clause 1 of Schedule 2A)

Repeal the clause, substitute:

1  Humphead Maori Wrasse closure area

The area of waters closed to fishing for Humphead Maori Wrasse (Ikan Hijau) is the area bounded by the line described in item 1 of the following table and running sequentially as described in the table.

Area closed to fishing for Humphead Maori Wrasse (Ikan Hijau)
Item	Description
1	The point 12° 6’ 50.2” S, 96° 49’ 35.5” E
2	Easterly along the geodesic to the point 12° 6’ 29.0” S, 96° 49’ 3.7” E
3	Southerly along the geodesic to the point 12° 7’ 10.0” S, 96° 48’ 36.4” E
4	Westerly along the geodesic to the point 12° 7’ 30.8” S, 96° 49’ 8.3” E
5	Northerly along the geodesic to the starting point