New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MARINE PARKS ACT 1997 - SECT 12

12 Effect of declaration on aquaculture

(1) The declaration of an area as a marine park does not affect any aquaculture permit or aquaculture lease under the Fisheries Management Act 1994 and in force at the time of the declaration.

(2) However, such a lease applying to any area within a marine park must not be extended or renewed under that Act, unless the regulations provide that aquaculture is permissible in the relevant area.

(3) Subsection (2) does not affect a person’s entitlement to have an aquaculture lease renewed for the first time under section 167 (3) of the Fisheries Management Act 1994 .