Fisheries Management (General) Amendment (Recreational Fishing Fee) Regulation 2004 (NSW)

2004 No 592

New South Wales

Fisheries Management (General)

Amendment (Recreational Fishing Fee)

Regulation 2004

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 MICHAEL MACDONALD, M.L.C.,

Minister for Primary Industries

Explanatory note
The object of this Regulation is to exempt fishers taking fish from the waters of Lake Hume from the requirement to pay a recreational fishing fee under the Fisheries Management Act 1994. The Regulation is made pursuant to an agreement between New South Wales and Victoria.
This Regulation is made under the Fisheries Management Act 1994, including section

34C (2) (g) and section 289 (the general regulation-making power).

Published in Gazette No 138 of 27 August 2004, page 6775	Page 1
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Clause 1	Regulation 2004

Fisheries Management (General) Amendment

(Recreational Fishing Fee) Regulation 2004

under the

Fisheries Management Act 1994

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Fisheries Management (General)

Amendment (Recreational Fishing Fee) Regulation 2004.

2 Commencement

This Regulation commences on 1 September 2004.

3 Amendment of Fisheries Management (General) Regulation 2002

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

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Regulation 2004
Amendment	Schedule 1
Schedule 1 Amendment

(Clause 3)

Clause 118 Exempt bodies of water

Omit clause 118 (1). Insert instead:

(1)

For the purposes of section 34C (2) (g) of the Act, the
following bodies of water are exempt:

(a)

a body of water comprising the backed up waters of a dam or impoundment located on private land if the surface area of the body of water (at full capacity) does not exceed 2 hectares,

(b)

the waters of Lake Hume, being all waters (and land covered by water when the lake is at full capacity) in the Murray River arm of Lake Hume, from the weir wall upstream to the point where 7 Mile Creek enters the Murray River on the northern bank of the Murray River, and in the Mitta Mitta River arm of Lake Hume, from the weir wall upstream to the Murray Valley Highway Bridge situated east of Tallangatta.

BY AUTHORITY