12FNotification and taking effect of management plans

12F Notification and taking effect of management plans

[Section 12F Inserted by No. 45 of 1998, s. 63, Applied:31 Dec 2001]

(1)  The Minister, as soon as possible after the Governor has approved a management plan, is to cause notice of the approval of the plan to be published in the Gazette.

(2)  A management plan takes effect on the seventh day after the date of notice of its approval has been published as required by subsection (1) .

(3)  If notice of the approval of a management plan has been published under subsection (1) , the Director-General –

(a) on the request of any person and without payment of a fee, is to permit that person to inspect the plan; and

(b) if it is practicable, on the request of any person and on payment by that person of any charge that the Minister fixes, is to provide that person with a copy of the plan.