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Fisheries Act 1994
sec.223Regulation-making power
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### sec.223 Regulation-making power
The Governor in Council may make regulations under this Act.
A regulation may—
prescribe matters for the management of any of the following—
a fishery;
a fish habitat;
a declared fish habitat area;
a fish way;
fisheries resources;
aquaculture; or
provide for the protection of things that are not fish; or
A regulation may regulate taking or possessing fish in an area to protect dugong in the area.
prescribe the fees payable under this Act; or
state, for the Planning Act , the types of development applications, and change applications, relating to fisheries development that is building work that do not require referral to a referral agency under that Act ; or
create offences and prescribe penalties of not more than 100 penalty units for each offence; or
prescribe circumstances in which an act or omission that is otherwise an offence under this Act is not an offence.
In this section—
change application —
means a change application under the Planning Act ; but
does not include a change application for a minor change to a development approval, as defined in that Act .
s 223 amd 2003 No. 82 s 43 ; 2016 No. 27 s 256 ; 2019 No. 6 s 65
(sec.223-ssec.1) The Governor in Council may make regulations under this Act.
(sec.223-ssec.2) A regulation may— prescribe matters for the management of any of the following— a fishery; a fish habitat; a declared fish habitat area; a fish way; fisheries resources; aquaculture; or provide for the protection of things that are not fish; or A regulation may regulate taking or possessing fish in an area to protect dugong in the area. prescribe the fees payable under this Act; or state, for the Planning Act , the types of development applications, and change applications, relating to fisheries development that is building work that do not require referral to a referral agency under that Act ; or create offences and prescribe penalties of not more than 100 penalty units for each offence; or prescribe circumstances in which an act or omission that is otherwise an offence under this Act is not an offence.
(sec.223-ssec.3) In this section— change application — means a change application under the Planning Act ; but does not include a change application for a minor change to a development approval, as defined in that Act .
- (a) prescribe matters for the management of any of the following— (i) a fishery; (ii) a fish habitat; (iii) a declared fish habitat area; (iv) a fish way; (v) fisheries resources; (vi) aquaculture; or
- (i) a fishery;
- (ii) a fish habitat;
- (iii) a declared fish habitat area;
- (iv) a fish way;
- (v) fisheries resources;
- (vi) aquaculture; or
- (b) provide for the protection of things that are not fish; or Example for paragraph (b) — A regulation may regulate taking or possessing fish in an area to protect dugong in the area.
- (c) prescribe the fees payable under this Act; or
- (d) state, for the Planning Act , the types of development applications, and change applications, relating to fisheries development that is building work that do not require referral to a referral agency under that Act ; or
- (e) create offences and prescribe penalties of not more than 100 penalty units for each offence; or
- (f) prescribe circumstances in which an act or omission that is otherwise an offence under this Act is not an offence.
- (i) a fishery;
- (ii) a fish habitat;
- (iii) a declared fish habitat area;
- (iv) a fish way;
- (v) fisheries resources;
- (vi) aquaculture; or
- (a) means a change application under the Planning Act ; but
- (b) does not include a change application for a minor change to a development approval, as defined in that Act .