New South Wales Consolidated Acts

FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT 1994 - SECT 220ZJA

220ZJA Joint preparation of recovery and threat abatement plans

(1) The Director-General may, with the prior approval of the Minister and the Minister administering the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 , make arrangements with the Director-General of National Parks and Wildlife for the joint preparation of a recovery plan or threat abatement plan under this Act and the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 .

(2) In such a case, any function of the Director-General or the Minister under this Part in respect of the plan may be exercised in conjunction with any corresponding function of the Director-General of National Parks and Wildlife or the Minister administering the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 in respect of the plan under that Act.

Note: For example, the Director-General and the Director-General of National Parks and Wildlife may jointly publish a notice of the preparation of the plan under section 220ZO of this Act and section 61 or 79 of the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 .

(3) The Minister may exercise his or her functions under section 220ZP of this Act in respect of any such plan only with the concurrence of the Minister administering the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 .

(4) If the Minister administering this Act and the Minister administering the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 are unable, following consultation, to resolve any dispute as to the exercise of any function under section 220ZP of this Act in respect of any such plan, the matter is to be referred to the Premier for resolution. The decision of the Premier in relation to the matter is to be given effect to by the Ministers.

(5) Except as otherwise provided by this section, this Part applies in respect of a recovery plan or threat abatement plan that is jointly prepared as provided for by this section in the same way as it applies in respect of any other recovery plan or threat abatement plan.