FISHERIES ACT 1994 - SECT 38 Urgent declaration
FISHERIES ACT 1994 - SECT 38
Urgent declaration38 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.