Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts29. Minister may impose emergency restrictions
(1) If at any time an emergency occurs that, in the opinion of the Minister, endangers or may endanger stocks of fish or aquatic life, or any species or class of fish or aquatic life, in any fishery or part of a fishery where there is no operative management plan, the Minister may, by notice in the Gazette after consultation with the appropriate advisory committee (if any) and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Act or an instrument of a legislative or administrative character made under it, or in any licence or permit granted under or pursuant to any of them -
(a) halt all or any fishing in that fishery or any specified part of the fishery;
(b) restrict the number of vessels used in relation to fishing in the fishery;
(c) restrict the amount of fish or aquatic life which may be taken from that fishery; or
(d) restrict the quantity or nature of fishing gear that may be used in the fishery.
(2) Any such notice shall contain brief reasons for the restrictions, and shall be given for a period of not more than 28 days but may from time to time be amended, revoked, or renewed by the Minister by a subsequent notice.
(3) The particulars of a notice given under this section shall be advertised twice in at least 1 newspaper generally circulating in the area concerned.
(4) A notice given under this section shall come into force on a day to be specified, being a day no sooner than the date on which the notice is advertised under subsection (3) for the second time.