FISH RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ACT 1994 - SECT 65

FISH RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ACT 1994 - SECT 65

65 .         Procedure before amending management plan

        (1)         A management plan must specify an advisory committee or advisory committees or a person or persons who are to be consulted before the plan is amended or revoked.

        (2)         Before amending or revoking a management plan the Minister must consult with the advisory committee or advisory committees or the person or persons specified for that purpose in the plan.

        (3)         Despite subsection (2), the Minister may amend a management plan without consulting in accordance with that subsection if, in the Minister’s opinion, the amendment is —

            (a)         required urgently; or

            (b)         of a minor nature.

        (4)         If —

            (a)         the Minister amends a management plan; and

            (b)         the amendment is made without consultation because it is, in the Minister’s opinion, required urgently,

                the Minister must consult with the advisory committee or advisory committees or the person or persons specified for that purpose in the plan as soon as practicable after the plan has been amended.