Fisheries Management Act 1994
220ZERegulations may prohibit certain actions
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220ZE Regulations may prohibit certain actions
220ZE Regulations may prohibit certain actions
(1) The regulations may prohibit or regulate, for the purposes of this Part, the carrying out of specified actions, or actions of a specified class or description—
(a) in specified waters, or
(b) within a prescribed distance of any fish or marine vegetation of a threatened species, or
(c) within a prescribed distance of the habitat of any fish or marine vegetation of a threatened species, or
(d) on specified critical habitat.
(2) Any such regulation may create an offence punishable by a penalty not exceeding 100 penalty units.
s 220ZE: Ins 1997 No 153, Sch 1 [9]. Am 2009 No 114, Sch 1 [111].