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Fisheries Management Act 1994
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#### 220MA Publication of final determination
220MA Publication of final determination
> > (1) On making a final determination, the Fisheries Scientific Committee must, as soon as practicable—
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> > > (a) make an order under section 220D giving effect to the determination, and
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> > > (b) in a case involving a nomination, notify the person who made the nomination of the determination, and
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> > > (c) notify the Minister, the NRC and the Secretary of the determination, and
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> > > (d) publish notice of the determination in a newspaper circulating generally throughout the State and, if the determination is likely to affect a particular area or areas (other than the State as a whole), in a newspaper circulating generally in that area or areas, and
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> > > (e) publish notice of the making of the determination in the Gazette.
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> > (2) The notice must specify the manner in which members of the public may obtain a copy of the determination and the reasons for it.
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> > (3) The reasons for a final determination are to include reference to such of the criteria prescribed by the regulations under sections 220F–220FC as may be relevant to the determination.
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> > (4) Copies of the final determination and the reasons for it are to be made available to members of the public (free of charge) as follows—
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> > > (a) by publication on a NSW Government website used by the Department,
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> > > (b) in response to a request made by contacting an office of the Department in a manner specified in the notice of the determination,
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> > > (c) in response to a request made in person at an office of the Department at an address specified in the notice of the determination.
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> > (5) The validity of a final determination cannot be questioned in any legal proceedings except those commenced in a court by any person within 3 months of the date of publication in the Gazette of notice of the making of the final determination.
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> **s 220MA:** Ins 2004 No 88, Sch 2 \[21\]. Am 2024 No 47, Sch 1.12\[3\].