2A.01Criteria for accreditation of management arrangements for Commonwealth managed fisheries

#### 2A.01 Criteria for accreditation of management arrangements for Commonwealth managed fisheries (1) This regulation applies in relation to a decision by the Minister to accredit a management arrangement that applies to a fishery for the purposes of a declaration under section 33 of the Act. (2) For paragraph 33(3)(a) of the Act, the criteria that must be met by the management arrangement and the law under which it is in force, or is to be in force, are as follows: (a) the law under which the management arrangement is in force, or is to be in force, must be the Fisheries Management Act 1991 or the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984; (b) the management arrangement must be endorsed by the Minister under an agreement made under section 146 of the Act; (c) the management arrangement must be in the form in which it was endorsed. (2A) Paragraph (2)(c) does not apply to an amendment of an accredited management arrangement if the Minister: (a) is satisfied that the actions approved in accordance with the amended arrangement will not have significantly greater impacts on the environment than actions approved in accordance with the existing arrangement; and (b) has not made a determination under subsection 36A(1) of the Act in relation to the amendment. (3) In this regulation: > fishery means a fishery to which the Fisheries Management Act 1991 or the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984 applies.