FISH RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ACT 1994 - SECT 119

FISH RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ACT 1994 - SECT 119

119 .         Control and management of fish habitat protection areas

        (1)         The Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette , vest the control and management of a fish habitat protection area in a body corporate which is to control and manage the area subject to this Act.

        (2)         When vesting the control and management of a fish habitat protection area in a body corporate under subsection (1), the Minister may impose conditions relating to the control and management of the area.

        (3)         A notice referred to in subsection (1) must specify —

            (a)         the fish habitat protection area to which the notice relates; and

            (b)         the body corporate in whom the control and management of the fish habitat protection area is vested; and

            (c)         the date on which the vesting takes effect and the period (if any) for which the control and management of the fish habitat protection area is vested; and

            (d)         the purpose for which the control and management of the fish habitat protection area is vested; and

            (e)         any conditions imposed in relation to the vesting.

        (4)         The Minister may, by further notice published in the Gazette , amend or revoke a notice made under this section.

        (5)         The Minister may by notice in writing given to a body corporate in whom the control and management of a fish habitat protection area is vested, require that body —

            (a)         to do, or cause to be done, anything that the Minister considers essential; or

            (b)         to cease to do, or to cause the cessation of, anything that the Minister considers to be prejudicial,

                to the purpose or purposes for which the fish habitat protection area was set aside.

        (6)         A body corporate must comply with a notice given under subsection (5).