Fisheries Management (Aquaculture) Amendment Regulation 2006 (NSW)

2006 No 168

New South Wales

Fisheries Management (Aquaculture)

Amendment Regulation 2006

under the

Fisheries Management Act 1994

Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Fisheries Management Act 1994.

IAN MACDONALD, M.L.C., Minister for Primary Industries

Explanatory note
The objects of this Regulation are:

(a)	to clarify that class A and B aquaculture permits extend to land that is the subject of an aquaculture lease, and that class C, D and E permits do not extend to such land, and
(b)	to confer power on the Minister to waive the contribution towards research that is payable by aquaculture permit holders, in appropriate circumstances, and
(c)	to authorise a quarantine order to contain provisions that prohibit equipment or infrastructure used in the cultivation or taking of fish or marine vegetation in a quarantine area from being moved from that area, or that require such equipment or infrastructure to be tested, treated or handled in any specified manner before being moved.

This Regulation is made under the Fisheries Management Act 1994, including sections 144,

156, 183 and 289 (the general regulation-making power).

Published in Gazette No 49 of 7 April 2006, page 2024	Page 1
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Clause 1	Fisheries Management (Aquaculture) Amendment Regulation 2006

Fisheries Management (Aquaculture) Amendment

Regulation 2006

under the

Fisheries Management Act 1994

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Fisheries Management (Aquaculture)
Amendment Regulation 2006.

2 Amendment of Fisheries Management (Aquaculture) Regulation 2002

The Fisheries Management (Aquaculture) Regulation 2002 is amended as set out in Schedule 1.

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Fisheries Management (Aquaculture) Amendment Regulation 2006

Amendments	Schedule 1
Schedule 1	Amendments

(Clause 2)

[1]      Clause 4 Kinds of aquaculture permits that can be issued

Insert “or land that is the subject of an aquaculture lease” after “public water land” wherever occurring in clause 4 (1) (a)–(e).

[2]      Clause 11 Aquaculture permit holders liable to pay contributions for research

Insert after clause 11 (10) (before the note):

(11) The Minister may waive payment of all or part of an annual contribution payable under this Division if the Minister considers it appropriate to do so.

[3]      Clause 62 Order declaring quarantine area

Insert after clause 62 (b):

(c) provisions that prohibit, absolutely or conditionally, equipment or infrastructure used in the taking or cultivation of fish or marine vegetation in a quarantine area from being moved from that area, or that require such equipment or infrastructure to be tested or treated or handled in any specified manner before being so moved.

BY AUTHORITY