New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MARINE PARKS ACT 1997 - SECT 48B

48B Moratorium period

(1) The Governor may, by order published on the NSW legislation website, specify a period commencing on the commencement of the Marine Parks Amendment (Moratorium) Act 2011 for the purposes of the definition of "moratorium period" in section 4 (1).

(2) An order under this section may be made only on the recommendation of the relevant Ministers.

(3) The relevant Ministers are not to recommend the making of the order unless:

(a) they have considered the report given to them under section 48A and any recommendations contained in the report, and

(b) they have provided a written response to the report that is publicly available.

(4) During the moratorium period:

(a) the Authority must not conduct or continue to conduct any review of a zoning plan for a marine park under section 17D, and

(b) no other action is to be taken under that section in relation to a zoning plan for any marine park.

(5) The regulations may, as a consequence of the operation of subsection (4):

(a) modify the time within which any requirement of section 17D is to be complied with in relation to a zoning plan or class of zoning plans, and

(b) alter the review date under that section for any zoning plan or class of zoning plans.