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Fisheries Act 1988
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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