Fisheries Management Act 1994
220WMaps of critical habitat
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220W Maps of critical habitat
220W Maps of critical habitat
(1) Before any critical habitat is declared or any declaration of critical habitat is amended, the Minister must arrange for the preparation of a map that shows the location of the critical habitat proposed to be declared or amended.
(2) A copy of the map is to be published in the Gazette and the description in a notification of the area declared to be critical habitat, or any amendment of that area, is to be provided by or by reference to that map.
(3) The Minister must serve a copy of a map of critical habitat on the following—
(a) the Secretary of the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water,
(b) (Repealed)
(c) each local council within whose area the whole or part of the critical habitat is located,
(d) any other affected persons as the Minister considers appropriate.
s 220W: Ins 1997 No 153, Sch 1 [9]. Am 2015 No 59, Sch 1 [106]; 2024 No 47, Sch 1.12[4].