Fisheries Management Act 1994 Fisheries Management (General) Amendment (Prescribed Marine Vegetation) Regulation 1997 (1998-272) [GG No 87 of 29.5.1998, p 3919] (NSW)

1998 No 272

New South Wales

Fisheries Management (General)
Amendment (Prescribed Marine
Vegetation) Regulation1997
under the
Fisheries Management Act 1994
His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Fisheries Management Act 1994.
BOB MARTIN, MP.,
Minister for Fisheries
Explanatory note
The object of this Regulation is to prescribe attached marine and estuarine macroalgae as marine vegetation to which Division 4 (Protection of mangroves and certain other marine vegetation) of Part 7 of the Fisheries Management Act 1994 applies. That Division prohibits the cutting, removal, damage or destruction of marine vegetation on certain land except with the authority of a permit. Sea lettuce and blackfish weed, when taken as bait, will not be prescribed as marine vegetation.
This Regulation is made under section 204 (c) of the Fisheries Management
Act 1994.

Published in Gazette No 8 7 of 29 May 1998, page 3919 Page 1

1998 No 272

Clause 1

Fisheries Management (General) Amendment (Prescribed Marine Vegetation) Regulation 1997

Fisheries Management (General) Amendment

(Prescribed Marine Vegetation) Regulation 1997

1 Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Fisheries Management (General)
Amendment (Prescribed Marine Vegetation) Regulation 1997.

2 Commencement

This Regulation commences on 29 May 1998.

Amendment of Fisheries Management (General) Regulation 1995
The Fisheries Management (General) Regulation 1995 is amended as set out in Schedule 1.

4 Notes

The explanatory note does not form part of this Regulation.

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Schedule 1 Amendment

(Clause 3)

Clause 227A
Insert after clause 227:

227A Protection of prescribed marine vegetation (section
204 (c) of the Act)

(1) For the purposes of section 204 (c) of the Act, attached marine and estuarine macroalgae are prescribed as marine vegetation to which Division 4 (Protection of mangroves and certain other marine vegetation) of Part 7 of the Act applies.
(2) Despite subclause (1), sea lettuce (Ulva spp) and blackfish weed (Enteromorpha spp), if taken for use as bait, are not prescribed as marine vegetation to which Division 4 of Part 7 of the Act applies.
(3) In this clause:
marine and estuarine macroalgae means those species of non-microscopic plants commonly known as seaweeds that belong to the plant classification divisions of Rhodophyta, Phaeophyta and Chlorophyta, and that are endemic to New South Wales marine and estuarine waters.

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(1)	For the purposes of section 204 (c) of the Act, attached marine and estuarine macroalgae are prescribed as marine vegetation to which Division 4 (Protection of mangroves and certain other marine vegetation) of Part 7 of the Act applies.
(2)	Despite subclause (1), sea lettuce (Ulva spp) and blackfish weed (Enteromorpha spp), if taken for use as bait, are not prescribed as marine vegetation to which Division 4 of Part 7 of the Act applies.
(3)	In this clause:
marine and estuarine macroalgae means those species of non-microscopic plants commonly known as seaweeds that belong to the plant classification divisions of Rhodophyta, Phaeophyta and Chlorophyta, and that are endemic to New South Wales marine and estuarine waters.