FISHERIES ACT 1994 - SECT 21 Preparation and notice of draft amendment

FISHERIES ACT 1994 - SECT 21

21 Preparation and notice of draft amendment

(1) The chief executive may prepare an amendment of an approved harvest strategy.

(2) In preparing the draft amendment, the chief executive must comply with the approved harvest strategy policy.

(3) The chief executive must give public notice of the draft amendment stating—

(a) the approved harvest strategy to which the amendment applies; and

(b) that a copy of the draft amendment is available for inspection, without charge—

(i) during normal business hours at each office of the department; and

(ii) on the department’s website; and

(c) that written submissions may be made to the chief executive about the draft amendment within a stated reasonable period of at least 28 days after the notice is published on the department’s website.

(4) Subsection (3) does not apply to a minor amendment to—

(a) correct an error in the approved harvest strategy; or

(b) make a change other than a change of substance.