Net-fishing in Port Hacking Prohibition Act Amendment Act of 1894 (NSW)

No. 8. 58° VIC. 1894.

Net-fishing in Port Sacking Prohibition Act Amendment,

No. VIII.

N et-fishing

IN Port H acking An Act to amend the “Net-fishing in Port

Prohibition Hacking Prohibition Act of 1886.” [\W i

Act Amendment.

November, 1894.]

T ) E it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, by and r > with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and

Legislative Assembly of New South ‘Wales in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

GoTornor mftj	1. Notwithstanding anything contained in the Principal Act, trustees of the National Park, to declare from time to time by notifica­ tion in the Gazette, that any portion of Port Hacking to the eastward of the part commonly termed the “ Spit ” is open to net-fishing, and such portion shall thereupon be open to net-fishing, subject to any regulations made under this Act, and to any Act relating to Eisheries in force for the time being throughout the Colony of New South Wales : Provided that the Governor shall have the power from time to time to revoke any such notification.
declare portion of
Port Hacking open	it shall be lawful for the Governor upon the recommendation of the
to net-fishing.
Penalty for taking
fishing net into	2. Every person Avho shall take a fishing net, or be in a boat containing a fishing net, in any part of Port Hacking to the wesGvard of the said Spit, or in Burranear Bay, shall be liable to a penalty of not less than five pounds nor more than ten pounds.
prohibited waters.
Regulations.	3. The Governor may, upon the recommendation of the trustees of the National Park, make regulations for the further or better carrying out of the provisions of the Principal Act or of this Act, and by such regulations may impose penalties for the breach of any such regulations not exceeding ten pounds nor less than ten shillings, and such regulations shall have the force of law upon being published in the Gazette.
Recorery of
penalties.	4. All penalties imposed by the Principal Act or this Act, or any of the regulations made hereunder, may be recovered before a Stipendiary or Police Magistrate or any two Justices of the Peace in Petty Sessions upon the information of any officer of the Commissioners of Eisheries for New South Wales, or of the trustees of the National Park, or of any servant of the said trustees by them authorised in Avriting in that behalf, or of any constable, or of any person specially appointed by the Governor to enforce the observance of the said Acts and regulations.
Definition.	5. In this Act the Avord “ Governor ” means the Governor Avith the adAuce of the Executive Council, and the words “ Principal Act” mean the “ Net-fishing in Port Hacking Prohibition Act of 1886.”
Short title.	6. This Act may bo cited as the “ Net-fishing in Port Hacking Prohibition Act Amendment Act of 1894.”

No. IX.