High Seas Biodiversity Act 2026
57Permits etc. under special management plans
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57 Permits etc. under special management plans
(1) The rules may provide for matters that may be specified in a special management plan for a specially managed area.
(2) Rules made under subsection (1) may prohibit the doing of an act or thing by a person in the specially managed area unless:
(a) the person holds a permit issued by the Minister under the special management plan; and
(b) the permit authorises the person to do that act or thing.
(3) Rules made under subsection (1) may provide for the Minister to:
(a) issue a permit under the special management plan; and
(b) include conditions in the permit; and
(c) vary the permit by:
(i) including one or more further conditions; or
(ii) varying any conditions; or
(iii) revoking any conditions; and
(d) suspend the permit; and
(e) cancel the permit.
(4) Subsections (2) and (3) do not limit subsection (1).
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