Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

FISHERIES ACT - SECT 25

(1) A proposed plan being prepared under section 23 shall contain a description of the management area or managed fishery and make provision in relation to the managed area or the managed fishery with respect to such of the matters specified in Schedule 2 as the Director considers applicable.

(2) Every proposed plan prepared under section 23 shall be submitted to the Minister, and, if the Minister agrees in principle with the proposed plan, the Minister may give notice in the Gazette and such newspapers circulating in the Territory as is thought appropriate of the proposed plan and of the place or places where a copy of it may be inspected.

(2A) There may be included with each proposed plan prepared under section 23, but so as not to form part of the plan -

(a) an outline of the history and status of the fishery;

(b) the policy and objectives of the plan; and

(c) such other information relating to the fishery,

as the Director thinks fit.

(3) Not less than one month after the date of notification in the Gazette under subsection (2), the Minister, after considering any submissions made in respect of the proposed plan, may make such amendments to the plan as the Minister thinks fit, and, after advising any relevant advisory committee of any amendments and the reasons for them, may then approve it.