Fisheries Management (General) Variation Regulations 2013 (SA)

South Australia

Fisheries Management (General) Variation Regulations 2013

under the Fisheries Management Act 2007

Contents

Part 1—Preliminary

1            Short title

2            Commencement

3            Variation provisions

Part 2—Variation of Fisheries Management (General) Regulations 2007

4            Variation of Schedule 2—Undersize fish

Part 1—Preliminary

1—Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Fisheries Management (General) Variation Regulations 2013.

2—Commencement

These regulations will come into operation on 1 September 2013.

3—Variation provisions

In these regulations, a provision under a heading referring to the variation of specified regulations varies the regulations so specified.

Part 2—Variation of Fisheries Management (General) Regulations 2007

4—Variation of Schedule 2—Undersize fish

1. Schedule 2, clause 5(2)—delete subclause (2) and substitute:

   (2)Blacklip abalone is undersize—

   (a)if taken in an abalone fishing area in the Southern Zone—its length is less than the length specified by the Minister from time to time by notice in the Gazette; or

   (b)if taken in waters other than the Southern Zone—

   (i)it is less than 13 cm in length; or

   (ii)the meat, having been removed from the shell, weighs less than 113 gm.

2. Schedule 2, clause 5(5), definition of Area S—delete the definition and substitute:

   abalone fishing area has the same meaning as in regulation 15 of the Fisheries Management (Abalone Fisheries) Regulations 2006;

Note—

As required by section 10AA(2) of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1978, the Minister has certified that, in the Minister's opinion, it is necessary or appropriate that these regulations come into operation as set out in these regulations.

Made by the Governor

with the advice and consent of the Executive Council

on 29 August 2013

No 216 of 2013

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