Fisheries Management Act 1994 Fisheries Management Amendment (Threatened Species Conservation) Order (No 4) 2001 (2001-902) [GG No 175 of 16.11.2001, p 9229] (NSW)

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Fisheries Management AmendmentNew South Wales

(Threatened Species Conservation)

Order (No 4) 2001

under the

Fisheries Management Act 1994

I, the Minister for Fisheries, on the recommendation of the Fisheries Scientific Committee, make the following Order under section 220D of the Fisheries Management Act 1994.

Dated this 13th day of November 2001.

The Hon EDWARD OBEID, M.L.C.,

Minister for Fisheries

Explanatory note

Part 7A of the Fisheries Management Act 1994 (the Act) deals with the conservation of threatened species, populations and ecological communities of fish and marine vegetation. For the purposes of identification and classification, provision is made for the listing:

(a)	in Schedule 4 to the Act, of endangered species, endangered populations, and endangered ecological communities and species that are presumed to be extinct, and
(b)	in Schedule 5, of vulnerable species, and
(c)	in Schedule 6, of key threatening processes.

Under the Act, listings and amendments to listings are to be made by the Minister by order on the recommendation of the Fisheries Scientific Committee (the Committee).

Published in Gazette No 175 of 16 November 2001, page 9229	Page 1
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Fisheries Management Amendment (Threatened Species Conservation) Order (No 4) 2001

Explanatory note

The object of this Order is to list degradation of native riparian vegetation along New South Wales water courses in Schedule 6 to the Act (Key threatening processes), as recommended by the Committee.

The Committee has recommended this listing because it considers that the process adversely affects 2 or more threatened species, populations or ecological communities, or could cause species, populations or ecological communities that are not threatened to become threatened.

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Fisheries Management Amendment (Threatened Species Conservation)	Clause 1
Order (No 4) 2001

Fisheries Management Amendment (Threatened
Species Conservation) Order (No 4) 2001

1. Name of Order

   This Order is the Fisheries Management Amendment (Threatened

   Species Conservation) Order (No 4) 2001.

2 Commencement

This Order takes effect on the date that it is published in the Gazette.

3 Amendment of Fisheries Management Act 1994—Schedule 6 Key

threatening processes

The Fisheries Management Act 1994 is amended by inserting in water courses

alphabetical order in Schedule 6 to that Act:

4 Notes

The explanatory note does not form part of this Order.

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