222AMinister may accredit plans or regimes

222A  Minister may accredit plans or regimes

  The Minister may, by instrument in writing, accredit for the purposes of this Division:

 (a) a plan of management within the meaning of section 17 of the Fisheries Management Act 1991; or

 (b) a plan of management for a fishery made by a State or self‑governing Territory and that is in force in the State or Territory; or

 (c) 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;

if satisfied that:

 (d) the plan or regime requires persons engaged in fishing under the plan or regime to take all reasonable steps to ensure that members of listed migratory species are not killed or injured as a result of the fishing; and

 (e) the fishery to which the plan or regime relates does not, or is not likely to, adversely affect the conservation status of a listed migratory species or a population of that species.

84HE  Paragraph 231(h)

 (h) an action provided for by, and taken in accordance with, a plan or regime that is accredited under section 245.

84HF  After paragraph 245(b)

 ; or (ba) 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;

Note: The heading to section 245 is altered by omitting “of management” and substituting “or regimes”.

84HG  Paragraph 255(k)

Omit “of management”, substitute “or regime”.

84HH  After paragraph 265(b)

 ; or (ba) 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;

Note: The heading to section 265 is altered by omitting “of management” and substituting “or regimes”.