25AAmendments to management plans

25A Amendments to management plans (1) Where the Director is of the opinion that an amendment to a management plan made under this Part is required, the Director may submit the proposed amendment to the Minister and, if the Minister agrees in principle with the proposed amendment, the Minister may: (a) where the proposed amendment is accompanied by a statement signed by the Director stating that the proposed amendment is, in the Director's opinion, a minor amendment – approve the amendment with such amendment to it as the Minister thinks fit; or (b) where the proposed amendment is not accompanied by a statement mentioned in paragraph (a) – give notice of the proposed amendment to the plan, and the place where a copy of it may be inspected, in: (i) the Gazette; or (ii) a newspaper circulating throughout the Territory. (2) There may be included with a proposed amendment under subsection (1) such explanatory notes as the Director thinks fit, but such notes do not form part of the proposed amendment or an amendment to the plan. (3) Not less than 1 month after the date of notification under subsection (1)(b), and after considering any submissions made in respect of the proposed amendment, the Minister may: (a) make any amendments to the proposed amendment that the Minister thinks fit; and (b) approve the amendment, after advising the relevant advisory