{"id":"nsw:sl-2008-0010","name":"Fisheries Management (Authority to Fish Silver Perch) Order 2007","slug":"fisheries-management-authority-to-fish-silver-perch-order-2007","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"nsw","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"10 of 2008","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":178360,"registerId":"nsw-nsw:sl-2008-0010-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Name of Order","content":"#### 1 Name of Order\n\n1 Name of Order\n\n> This Order is the [Fisheries Management (Authority to Fish Silver Perch) Order 2007](/view/html/inforce/current/sl-2008-0010).","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commencement","content":"#### 2 Commencement\n\n2 Commencement\n\n> This Order takes effect on the day that it is published in the Gazette.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Activities authorised by this Order","content":"#### 3 Activities authorised by this Order\n\n3 Activities authorised by this Order\n\n> > (1) Recreational fishers may take silver perch, or possess silver perch taken, from the following bodies of water, or carry out any routine activity in that connection, subject to compliance with any applicable fishing regulatory controls:\n> > \n> > | Ben Chifley Dam | Jounama Pondage |\n> > | Blowering Dam | Keepit Dam |\n> > | Burrendong Dam | Lake Albert |\n> > | Burrinjuck Dam | Lake Wyangan |\n> > | Chaffey Dam | Pindari Dam |\n> > | Copeton Dam | Split Rock Dam |\n> > | Glenbawn Dam | Windamere Dam |\n> > | Glennies Creek Dam | Wyangla Dam |\n> > | Googong Dam | Yass Weir |\n> \n> > (2) In this clause, fishing regulatory controls has the same meaning as in Division 5 of Part 5 of the [Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1979-203).","sortOrder":2}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Title/Body","severity":"high","reasoning":"An 'Authority to Fish' order must, at minimum, specify who is authorised, what waters are covered, what conditions apply, what quantities or methods are permitted, and the duration of the authority. None of these elements appear anywhere in the document. A person seeking to comply with or rely upon this instrument cannot extract any operative legal content from it. The instrument is legally vacuous on its face as presented.","confidence":0.95,"description":"The legislation document as presented contains no substantive operative provisions whatsoever. The entire document consists only of website navigation elements, status metadata, and boilerplate text, yet purports to be a legally operative instrument granting an 'authority to fish Silver Perch'."},{"type":"other","section":"Title","severity":"medium","reasoning":"The nomenclature '2007 Order' conflicts with the SI number '2008 SI 10' and the commencement date of 18 January 2008. If the Order was made and commenced in 2008, calling it a '2007' Order creates an internal temporal inconsistency. This could cause uncertainty as to whether the instrument derives authority from the correct year's legislative program or delegation, and may create confusion about whether a separate 2007 instrument was intended to exist.","confidence":0.82,"description":"The Order is titled 'Fisheries Management (Authority to Fish Silver Perch) Order 2007' but bears the statutory instrument number '2008 SI 10', indicating it was made in 2008 despite being named a 2007 Order. The current version date is also 18 January 2008."},{"type":"self_contradicting","section":"Status Information / Body","severity":"high","reasoning":"Section 45C certification attests to the accuracy and correctness of a legislative instrument's content. Certifying a document that contains no operative provisions as the authoritative correct form of an 'Authority to Fish' order is self-contradicting: either the certification is meaningless (because there is no real content to certify), or the document is an incomplete or corrupted rendering of the actual instrument, making the certification misleading. Either way, a logical absurdity arises.","confidence":0.88,"description":"The document certifies under section 45C of the Interpretation Act 1987 that this is the correct form of the legislation, yet the 'legislation' as presented consists almost entirely of duplicated website chrome, navigation menus, headers, and footers repeated multiple times, with zero substantive content."},{"type":"other","section":"Site header / Navigation (repeated throughout)","severity":"low","reasoning":"While likely a rendering or scraping artefact rather than a drafting flaw per se, the duplication of every structural element confirms there is no genuine operative legislative text present. This undermines any attempt to treat the document as a functional legal instrument and reinforces the finding that no substantive provisions exist to analyse.","confidence":0.97,"description":"Multiple structural elements — 'Site header', 'Site navigation', 'Point-in-time versions', 'Status Information', 'Currency of version', 'Provisions in force', 'Authorisation', 'Site footer' — each appear at least twice in verbatim duplicate, suggesting the document has been rendered in a deeply broken state and published as if operative."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Title — 'Fisheries Management (Authority to Fish Silver Perch) Order 2007'","section_b":"SI Number and Commencement — '2008 SI 10', current from 18 January 2008","confidence":0.82,"description":"The instrument is named as a 2007 Order but was registered and commenced as a 2008 statutory instrument, creating a direct contradiction between the year embedded in the instrument's title and the year of its actual legal existence."},{"severity":"high","section_a":"Authorisation statement — 'certified as the form of that legislation that is correct'","section_b":"Body of instrument — contains no operative legislative provisions","confidence":0.91,"description":"The authorisation statement asserts the document is a certified correct version of operative legislation, while the body of the document contains no legislative provisions capable of being correct or incorrect. These two aspects are irreconcilable."}]},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Based on the available information, the Order appears to remain focused on its original narrow purpose of regulating authority to fish for Silver Perch. It has not been amended since commencement in January 2008, suggesting its scope has remained consistent with its original intent."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow, species-specific subject matter limits complexity","Short subordinate legislation (a statutory instrument/order) rather than a full Act","The actual operative provisions were not included in the text provided, limiting full analysis","Sits under a parent Act (Fisheries Management Act 1994) which adds one layer of legal context to understand","No amendments or multiple versions to navigate — single version in force since 2008"],"plain_english_summary":"This NSW Government order governs legal permission to fish for native Silver Perch, specifying who may fish and under what conditions. It affects commercial and recreational fishers and those in the fishing industry, aiming to regulate take to protect a species in decline.\n\nThe operative rules aren’t included in the provided text; the Order has been in force since 18 January 2008 and sits under the Fisheries Management Act 1994."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a straightforward, narrow-purpose legislative instrument. It does exactly what its title suggests - authorises fishing for silver perch in specific waters. There is no indication of scope creep; it remains tightly focused on its original purpose of permitting recreational take of this species from named impoundments."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument - only 3 operative clauses","Single defined term ('fishing regulatory controls') which is incorporated by reference to another Act","Simple permissive structure - authorises specific activity for specific persons in specific locations","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Straightforward tabular list of 17 named water bodies","No cross-references beyond the single definition clause"],"plain_english_summary":"This law gives recreational fishers permission to catch and keep silver perch (a type of native Australian fish) from 17 specific dams and waterways in New South Wales. Without this order, taking silver perch from these waters would likely be illegal under fisheries regulations.\n\n**What it does:**\n- Allows amateur anglers to catch, possess, and handle silver perch from named dams including Ben Chifley Dam, Blowering Dam, Burrinjuck Dam, and others across regional NSW\n- Covers routine fishing activities connected to catching this species\n- Requires fishers to still follow any other applicable fishing rules (bag limits, size limits, seasonal closures, etc.)\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Recreational fishers in NSW who want to target silver perch\n- Particularly affects anglers fishing in the listed impoundments (man-made dams and reservoirs)\n\n**Why it matters:**\nSilver perch are a protected or restricted species in many NSW waters. This order creates a specific exemption allowing recreational fishing for this species in these particular dams, which are mostly stocked fisheries (where fish are bred and released for angling). It essentially opens up these waters for silver perch angling that would otherwise be prohibited."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument itself only authorises recreational taking/possession of silver perch at the named waters and references existing regulatory controls. It does not amend other statutes or expand the legal instruments it depends on; no textual indication that the Order changes an earlier scope beyond authorising the listed activities (cl.3)."},"complexity_factors":["Very narrow substantive scope — authorises only silver perch and only in listed waters (cl.3(1)).","Direct cross-reference to an external definition (\"fishing regulatory controls\") in Division 5, Part 5 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, creating legal dependency for limits and compliance (cl.3(2)).","Simple commencement rule: takes effect on Gazette publication (cl.2), so no staged implementation complexity.","No new licensing, quota, or enforcement regime set out in the Order itself — enforcement and limits are handled by existing rules, which requires consulting other instruments for full effect.","Fixed list of locations reduces interpretive ambiguity about geographic scope but requires accurate identification of listed sites."],"plain_english_summary":"This Order authorises recreational fishers to take or possess silver perch from a specified list of dams and weirs (cl.3). It takes effect on publication in the Gazette (cl.2).\n\nIt applies to recreational fishers, who must comply with any applicable fishing regulatory controls as defined in Division 5 of Part 5 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (cl.3(2)). Mechanically, it permits specified fishing activity at listed sites while leaving regulatory limits in force."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/fisheries-management-authority-to-fish-silver-perch-order-2007","history":"/api/acts/fisheries-management-authority-to-fish-silver-perch-order-2007/history","analysis":"/api/acts/fisheries-management-authority-to-fish-silver-perch-order-2007/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/fisheries-management-authority-to-fish-silver-perch-order-2007/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/fisheries-management-authority-to-fish-silver-perch-order-2007/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/fisheries-management-authority-to-fish-silver-perch-order-2007/documents"}}