New South Wales Consolidated Acts

FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT 1994 - SECT 9

9 Publication of notification of closures

(1) The notification of a fishing closure is to be published in the Gazette.

(2) However, if the Minister considers that the fishing closure is required urgently, the Minister may publish the notification:

(a) in a newspaper circulating, or by radio or television broadcast, in the area adjacent to the waters to which the fishing closure applies, or

(b) by causing a copy of the notification to be exhibited in a prominent place adjacent to the waters to which the fishing closure applies.

(3) In any such urgent case, the Minister is to publish the notification in the Gazette as soon as practicable.