New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

FISHERIES MANAGEMENT (AQUACULTURE) REGULATION 2007 - SCHEDULE 2

SCHEDULE 2 – Forms

Form 1

(Clauses 37 (1) (b) and 39 (1) (b))

Fisheries Management Act 1994

AQUACULTURE LEASE/RENEWAL OF AQUACULTURE LEASE

I, the Minister for, lease on behalf of the Crown the area described below to you, the lessee, for the term, at the rent and on the conditions (if any) specified below.

Note: The rent is subject to periodic redetermination as provided by section 165 (2) of the Fisheries Management Act 1994 .

Lessee’s covenants

You, the lessee, agree that you will:

(a) comply with the provisions of the Fisheries Management Act 1994 (“the Act”) and the Fisheries Management (Aquaculture) Regulation 2007 (“the Regulation”), and

(b) pay rent for your leased area yearly in advance or by instalments as required by the Act and the Regulation, and

(c) ensure that your leased area is used only for aquaculture and that the cultivation of fish or marine vegetation on the leased area is carried out in accordance with any relevant aquaculture industry development plan notified from time to time by the Director-General of the Department, and

(d) ensure that your leased area is kept in a neat and tidy condition to the satisfaction of the Director-General of the Department.

You also agree to adjust the areas of cultivation on your leased area so as to allow safe navigation if existing channels change or something else happens that requires those channels to be altered.

Conditions of the lease

It is a condition of this lease that I may cancel it if you fail to comply with a notice served on you in accordance with section 162 (2) or 213 (3) of the Act (in your capacity as the holder of an aquaculture permit) within the period specified in the notice.

Note: This is a condition of the lease referred to in section 177 (1) (d) of the Act. Section 177 specifies other grounds on which the lease may be cancelled, including non-payment of rent.

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