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Fisheries Act 1988
70CProcedure in relation to management plans
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70C Procedure in relation to management plans
(1) A proposed plan being prepared under section 70A must:
(a) contain a description of the management area or managed
fishery; and
(b) make provision in relation to the managed area or managed
fishery with respect to any of the matters specified in
Schedule 2 that the Joint Authority considers applicable.
(2) After preparing a proposed plan under section 70A, the Joint
Authority must give notice of the proposed plan, and the place
where a copy of it may be inspected, in:
(a) the Gazette; or
(b) a newspaper circulating throughout the Territory.
(3) There may be included with each proposed plan prepared under
section 70A, but so as not to form part of the plan:
(a) an outline of the history and status of the fishery; and
(b) the policy and objectives of the plan; and
(c) any other information relating to the fishery that the Joint
Authority thinks fit.
(4) Not less than 1 month after the date of notification under
subsection (2), and after considering any submissions made in
respect of the proposed plan, the Joint Authority may:
(a) make any amendments to the plan that the Joint Authority
thinks fit; and
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(b) approve the plan, after advising the relevant advisory