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Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
263AReview of decisions about permits
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263A Review of decisions about permits
(1) Subject to subsection (2), an application may be made to the Administrative Review Tribunal for review of a decision:
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a decision made personally by the Minister (but the subsection does apply to a decision made by a delegate of the Minister).
264 Fees
265 Minister may accredit plans, regimes or policies
(d) a regime determined in writing by the Australian Fisheries Management Authority under the Fisheries Administration Act 1991 for managing a fishery for which a plan of management (within the meaning of section 17 of the Fisheries Management Act 1991) is not in force; or
(e) a policy formulated by the Protected Zone Joint Authority under paragraph 34(b) of the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984 for managing a fishery for which a plan of management (within the meaning of section 15A of the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984) is not in force;
(f) the plan, regime or policy requires persons engaged in fishing under the plan, regime or policy to take all reasonable steps to ensure that members of listed marine species are not killed or injured as a result of the fishing; and
(g) the fishery to which the plan, regime or policy relates does not, or is not likely to, adversely affect the conservation status of a listed marine species or a population of that species.
Note 2: If a plan, regime or policy that is accredited under this section is, or is proposed to be, amended, the Minister may determine under section 303AB that the plan, regime or policy as amended is, for the purposes of this Act, taken to be accredited under subsection (1) of this section.
266 Regulations
(a) provide for the transportation, treatment and disposal of members of listed marine species killed, injured or taken in contravention of this Division; and
(b) provide for the methods or equipment by which members of listed marine species may be killed or taken otherwise than in contravention of this Division; and
(c) provide for the gathering and dissemination of information relating to listed marine species; and
(d) provide for the protection and conservation of listed marine species; and