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Inland Fisheries Act 1995
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4 Freshwater fish
(1) The Minister, by order and with the agreement of the Minister responsible for the administration of the Living Marine Resources Management Act 1995 , may declare –
(a) fish or a kind or species of fish to be freshwater fish for the purposes of this Act; or
(b) [Section 4 Subsection (1) amended by No. 7 of 2009, s. 4, Applied:27 Apr 2009] freshwater fish or a kind or species of freshwater fish not to be freshwater fish for the purposes of this Act during any time they are in, or after they have been taken from, State waters.
(2) An order under subsection (1) (b) does not apply to salmon in excepted waters.