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FISHERIES ACT 1994 - SECT 38 Urgent declaration

FISHERIES ACT 1994 - SECT 38

Urgent declaration

38 Urgent declaration

The chief executive may make a fisheries declaration or a quota declaration (in either case an
"urgent declaration" ) under this subdivision if the chief executive is satisfied that urgent action is needed—

(a) to deal with a significant threat to fisheries resources or a fish habitat; or
(b) to deal with a significant threat caused by fishing to a thing that is not fish; or
(c) for another emergency.