Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts28. General power of Minister
(1) Notwithstanding anything in this Act or the Regulations, the Minister may, in relation to any matter or thing not dealt with in an operative management plan, by notice in the Gazette -
(a) declare a period to be a period during which the taking of fish or aquatic life or fish or aquatic life of a particular species, sex, size, age, or other characteristic specified in the notice, is prohibited or allowed;
(ab) declare that the taking of fish or aquatic life or fish or aquatic life of a specified species, sex, size, age or other characteristic is prohibited or allowed;
(b) declare an item of fishing gear to be an item to be used or not to be used in a fishery specified in the notice;
(c) declare restrictions relating to -
(i) the size;
(ii) the design;
(iii) the construction materials;
(iv) the quantity; or
(v) such other specifications as the Minister thinks fit,
of fishing gear to be used in or in connection with the taking of fish or aquatic life, or fish or aquatic life of a particular species, specified in the notice;
(d) vary the prescribed closure lines delineating the mouth of a river within the meaning of the Regulations;
(e) vary the boundaries of any area prescribed for the taking of fish or aquatic life or as waters from which fish may not be taken either generally or in a particular manner, however those areas are described, in relation to a fishery; or
(f) establish a licence buy-back scheme for a prescribed fishery.
(2) A declaration under subsection (1)(a), (b) or (c) may be expressed to apply generally or in relation to a particular area or fishery specified in the notice.
(3) On the publishing of a notice in the Gazette varying a closure line referred to in subsection (1)(d) or the boundaries of an area referred to in subsection (1)(e), that line or those boundaries as so varied shall be the line and boundaries in relation to the river or area specified in the notice and this Act and the Regulations shall apply accordingly.