Fisheries Management Act 1994 Fisheries Management Amendment (Threatened Species Conservation) Order (No 5) 1999 (1999-710) [GG No 144 of 24.12.1999, p 12372] (NSW)

1999 No 710

Fisheries Management AmendmentNew South Wales

(Threatened Species Conservation)

Order (No 5) 1999

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 12th day of December 1999.

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

Minister for Fisheries

Explanatory note

Part 7A of the Fisheries Management Act 1994 deals with the conservation of threatened species, populations and ecological communities of fish or 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.
Published in Gazette No 144 of 24 December 1999, page 12372	Page 1
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1999 No 710

Fisheries Management Amendment (Threatened Species Conservation) Order (No 5) 1999

Explanatory note

Under the Act, listings and amendments to listings are to be made by the Minister in Part 4 of Schedule 4 to the Act, as recommended by the Committee.

by order on the recommendation of the Fisheries Scientific Committee.
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Fisheries Management Amendment (Threatened Species Conservation)	Clause 1
Order (No 5) 1999

Fisheries Management Amendment (Threatened
Species Conservation) Order (No 5) 1999

1     Name of Order

This Order is the Fisheries Management Amendment (Threatened

Species Conservation) Order (No 5) 1999.

2 Commencement

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

3 Amendment of Fisheries Management Act 1994—Part 4 of Schedule 4 Species presumed extinct

The Fisheries Management Act 1994 is amended by inserting in Part
4 of Schedule 4 to that Act under the heading “Marine vegetation”:

Vanvoorstia bennettiana (Harvey) Papenfuss (1956) . . Bennetts seaweed

4 Notes

The explanatory note does not form part of this Order.

BY AUTHORITY

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