The Order rests on a few discrete legal concepts and drafting choices that determine how broad the regulated class is and how easy or hard it will be to administer.

• Delegated scope-setting. Section 4 declares a set of taxa as “controlled fish to which Division 1 of Part 8 of the Act applies”. The Order therefore functions as a list-based instrument that imports the operative regulatory machinery from the parent Act. It does not itself create offences or authorise particular enforcement powers; it identifies the biological objects to which those provisions attach.

• Life-stage inclusions. Section 4(b) and (c) extend the declaration to dead specimens and to spawn, fry and young of listed species. That broadens the regulated objects beyond live organisms to preserved or otherwise non-living specimens and early life-history stages. The text therefore anticipates control over transport, possession and disposal of both living and non-living material where the Act’s Division 1 contains relevant prohibitions or permit requirements.

• Taxonomic breadth and drafting devices. Schedule 1 uses several drafting devices: specific binomial names, “spp.” indicating all species in a genus, whole-family declarations (for example Centrarchidae, item 37: “Centrarchidae (entire family) Lepomis spp. and Micropterus spp.”), and entire subfamily inclusion (item 57: “Ichthyborinae (entire subfamily)”). The Schedule therefore mixes precise species-level listings with taxonomically broad entries. The Schedule also includes numeric annotations (for example “Centropomus spp. (12)”) and multiple occurrences of particular taxa listed in different places. The Order includes entries presented with varying degrees of common-name annotation and some entries that, as printed, contain typographical or orthographic variants (for example Leipidosirej paradoxa, Icatalurus punctatus) as they appear in the instrument.

• Revocation/replacement. Schedule 2 names the previous Inland Fisheries (Controlled Fish) Order 2007 (No. 120 of 2007) as revoked. The Order is therefore a replacement or refresh of the prior list and must be read as the operative instrument after its Gazette notification (the instrument notes it was notified on 30 December 2015).

• Administrative attachment. The instrument includes a formal administrative note that it is administered by the Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment. That identifies the executive unit responsible for day-to-day implementation, consultation and likely enforcement coordination.

Taken together, these elements mean the Order functions as a taxonomy-driven control switch. A species appearing in Schedule 1 is pulled under the legal regime in Division 1 of Part 8 of the Inland Fisheries Act 1995. Any regulatory consequences depend on the content of that Division, but the Order sets the boundary of what biological material falls inside the statutory net by giving a list and life-stage coverage.

The Order affects every natural and legal person whose activities intersect with the listed taxa in Tasmania (the Order is administered by the Tasmanian Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment). That includes at least the following groups and roles; references in parentheses point to the clause or Schedule element that creates the effect.

• Fish keepers, hobbyists and aquarium retailers: the Order explicitly covers species commonly held in aquaria, for example many Poeciliidae and Cichlidae (Schedule 1 entries such as Gambusia spp., Oreochromis spp.), and includes spawn and fry (s 4(c)). If Division 1 of Part 8 of the Act imposes possession, movement or sales restrictions, hobbyists and retailers will be directly impacted.

• Aquaculture operators and fish farmers: species used in aquaculture appear on the list (for example Cyprinus carpio, Ctenopharyngodon idella, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Oreochromis spp.). The inclusion of dead specimens and early life stages (s 4(b) and (c)) affects hatcheries, broodstock movement and disposal practices.

• Live animal importers and exporters, transporters and carriers: the list determines which taxa imported into or transported within Tasmania fall under Division 1 controls. That will affect brokers, freight companies, and customs/inspection chains, since the Order supplies the scope of taxa regulated.

• Commercial fishers and wholesalers: several listed taxa are commercial species (for example Lates niloticus, Pangasianodon gigas). Distribution and wholesale businesses that handle these species must check whether Division 1 imposes permitting or handling obligations.

• Scientific institutions and research labs: the Order includes taxa used in research and teaching. The explicit inclusion of spawn, fry and preserved specimens means museums, laboratories and universities should check whether approvals are needed under the Act.

• Pet and aquaculture supply chain service providers: feed suppliers and equipment vendors operating with premises that hold controlled species may encounter operational adjustments if Division 1 prescribes containment, signage or reporting obligations.

• Biosecurity, environmental and land managers: the Order brings particular taxa under the regulatory regime that Division 1 implements. That affects environmental management because some listed taxa are recognised invasive risks (for example Channa spp., Procambarus clarkii), and the Order’s design may change how surveillance and eradication activities are legally authorised or constrained.

• Recreational fishers: some entries are sport or native species for other jurisdictions but listed here as controlled; recreational fishers need to check whether capture, possession or movement of listed species is affected.

• Retailers and online marketplaces: because the Order explicitly includes dead fish and early life stages, marketplaces selling preserved specimens, aquarium juveniles, or spawn could be impacted if Division 1 imposes restrictions on sale or supply chains.

The Order’s inclusion of whole families, subfamilies and “spp.” annotations increases the number of affected businesses and individuals because the regulated set is not confined to a small list of scientifically precise names. The administrative label that the Order is run by the Department (administration note at the end of the instrument) gives an operational contact point for compliance enquiries and potential licensing.

Note on scope: the Order itself does not specify duties, prohibitions or permits. All practical obligations arise from Division 1 of Part 8 of the Inland Fisheries Act 1995, which the Order imports by effect. Practitioners should therefore map the Schedule 1 taxa to organisational holdings and then read the parent Act to identify the precise legal duties, reporting requirements, application forms and penalties that may attach.

The Order is a scope instrument and does not, on its face, create detailed statutory duties, rights or sanctions. Rather it fixes the list of biological objects that attract the duties, rights and penalties that exist in Division 1 of Part 8 of the Inland Fisheries Act 1995. The Order therefore functions as the trigger for legal obligations that are located in the Act. Relevant provisions in the Order that shape duties and rights are s 3 (interpretation linking to definitions in the Act), s 4 (which declares the controlled fish and includes dead specimens and early life stages) and the Schedule 1 taxa list.

Consequences to be derived from the Order and the mechanisms by which they operate include the following, each tied to the Order’s text and the stated linkage to the Act:

• Determination of regulated objects. Section 4 operates as the legal determination of what is “controlled fish”. Anyone who possesses, transports, imports, exports, sells, buys or otherwise deals with a listed taxon must treat that item as falling within the ambit of Division 1 of Part 8 of the Act. The Order tells you which biological items are subject to the Act’s Division 1 regime; it does not itself spell out the list of activities that are prohibited or authorised.

• Lifecycle coverage. By including dead fish and spawn/fry/young (s 4(b)-(c)), the Order causes early life stages and preserved specimens to be treated identically to adult live fish for the purpose of the statutory regime. Where Division 1 imposes obligations on possession, movement or disposal, those obligations will attach to non-living specimens and juvenile life stages because the Order expressly includes them.

• Taxonomic interpretation questions. The Order uses “spp.”, “entire family”, and subfamily labels in Schedule 1. These drafting devices can convert an otherwise narrow statutory duty into a broadly applicable one. For example, where the Schedule cites “Centrarchidae (entire family) Lepomis spp. and Micropterus spp.” (item 37), the entire family being specified means activities involving any Centrachid species listed or not listed by common name are captured. Rights that might arise under the Act, such as application for permits or statutory exemptions, will accordingly be sought by reference to whether a specimen falls within those taxonomic descriptors.

• Administrative rights and obligations are exercised under the parent Act. Because s 3(1) defines “Act” and s 3(2) imports defined expressions from the Act, any rights of appeal, application processes, licences, exemptions, inspection powers and penalties are found in the Inland Fisheries Act 1995. The Order gives the statutory reference point for who must engage with those processes.

• Revocation and continuity. Section 5 and Schedule 2 revoke the 2007 Order. That legal step alters rights and duties to the extent the earlier Order differed. The instrument therefore creates transitional compliance needs for persons previously regulated under the 2007 instrument. The Gazette notification date (30 December 2015, per the instrument) is the critical date for determining when the revocation and replacement took legal effect.

Because the Order does not supply the operative prohibitions, readers will need to consult Division 1 of Part 8 of the Inland Fisheries Act 1995 for specifics: which acts (for example possession, sale, release, transport) are prohibited or require permits or authorisations, which enforcement powers apply, and whether procedural rights (appeal, review, exemptions) exist. The Order itself functions as the definitional predicate that determines which biological items are subject to those Act-based duties and rights.

The Order does not itself provide penalty provisions, fine schedules or enforcement mechanisms. It functions as a declaratory instrument that brings taxa within the ambit of Division 1 of Part 8 of the Inland Fisheries Act 1995, and any sanctions or enforcement powers are therefore those specified in that Division. The Order’s relevant operative text on this point is s 4, which declares controlled fish “to which Division 1 of Part 8 of the Act applies”, and s 3(2), which imports definitions from the Act.

What the Order does affect directly is the population of items that enforcement agencies may choose to regulate under the Act’s enforcement toolbox. The instrument therefore affects enforcement only by altering the trigger list. That has several practical enforcement consequences:

• Expanded enforcement universe. Because Schedule 1 includes many genera, families and life stages, the number of objects that inspectors and authorised officers must consider when applying Division 1 enforcement provisions increases. Where the Act gives powers such as seizure, detention, direction to destroy, or application for civil penalties and criminal sanctions, those powers will apply to the larger set of listed taxa because the Order makes them “controlled fish”.

• Identification and evidentiary issues. The inclusion of “dead fish” and “spawn, fry or young” creates practical evidentiary burdens for enforcement. Inspectors will need to establish identity at varying life stages, and adjudicators may face disputes about taxonomic identification. The Schedule’s use of taxonomic shorthand and some orthographic variants in names may complicate enforcement unless the administering agency publishes interpretation guidance or cross-checks with accepted taxonomic authorities.

• Administrative enforcement pathway. The instrument identifies the Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment as the administering body, which implies that enforcement coordination, compliance guidance, and licensing (if any) will flow from that department. That administrative allocation shapes how complaints are processed and which executive actors can authorise inspections or take enforcement action.

• Transitional and retrospective questions. The Order revokes earlier controlled-fish legislation (Schedule 2). Enforcement bodies will need to check whether any ongoing compliance measures imposed under the revoked 2007 Order are carried forward or transformed. The Order itself does not specify transitional arrangements, so implementation will depend on the Act and departmental policy.

Because the Order contains no fine or penalty text, practitioners and compliance officers must read Division 1 of Part 8 of the Inland Fisheries Act 1995 to identify the concrete penalties and enforcement map: the criminal offences, civil penalties, administrative sanctions, avenues for seizure and forfeiture, and any statutory defences or exceptions. The Order’s purpose is to ensure that the biological objects listed are the ones against which those measures will be applied.

By textual design the Order is a subordinate instrument operating under the Inland Fisheries Act 1995. Section 3(1) defines the Act as the Inland Fisheries Act 1995 and s 3(2) prescribes that expressions defined in the Act have the same meanings in this Order. The Order therefore interacts directly with the Act: it imports the substantive regime of Division 1 of Part 8 by specifying the taxa that fall inside that statutory regime. Beyond this direct textual relationship, there are predictable points of legal intersection, which the instrument itself signals or implies.

• Parent statute dependency. The Order’s legal effects are contingent on the Inland Fisheries Act 1995. Any prohibition, licence mechanism, enforcement power or appeal right is therefore governed by that Act. The Order is not a freestanding set of obligations; it must be read together with the Act.

• Publication and rules framework. The instrument’s footer states it is “Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953” and that it was notified in the Gazette on 30 December 2015. That connects the Order to the statutory rules publication regime and to the broader administrative law process for subordinate instruments, including Gazettal and the formal publication rules.

• Administrative interplay. The Order names the Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment as the administering agency. That places the Order in the administrative network of Tasmania’s departments and implies operational overlap with other departmental functions such as biosecurity, environmental protection, fisheries management and public land management. Where Division 1 of the Act interacts with other Tasmanian statutes , for example, biosecurity legislation, environmental protection laws, waste disposal rules, or wildlife conservation statutes , those interactions will be mediated by the content of the Act and by departmental policies. The Order itself does not list other statutes, but the administrative note identifies an obvious agency nexus.

• International or Commonwealth regimes. The Order lists species that may also be subject to Commonwealth or international controls, including CITES-listed taxa and species regulated under federal import controls. The Order does not purport to displace or override other statutory controls; it sets a Tasmanian territorial layer of control to be read alongside Commonwealth biosecurity and wildlife trade regimes. Practitioners must therefore coordinate compliance with the Act, this Order, and any applicable Commonwealth or international requirements when importation, exportation or interstate movement is involved.

• Prior subordinate instrument revoked. Schedule 2 lists the Inland Fisheries (Controlled Fish) Order 2007 (No. 120 of 2007) as revoked. That shows how the Order fits within the local subordinate law architecture: it replaces a prior list. The revocation may have implications where licences, approvals or regulatory expectations under the 2007 Order had continuing effect; those interactions will be governed by the Act and any transitional rules set by the administering department.

• Taxonomic and evidentiary intersections. Because the Order relies on taxonomic descriptors and includes life stages and dead specimens, it intersects operationally with areas of law concerned with scientific identification, evidentiary proof and administrative procedure. Courts or tribunals applying Division 1 may need to reconcile the Order’s textual taxonomic references with accepted scientific nomenclature, which can create cross-disciplinary questions between law and taxonomy.

In sum, the Order primarily interacts with the Inland Fisheries Act 1995 by defining the class of regulated biological matter. Secondary interactions with other statutes , biosecurity, environmental protection, federal import/export controls , will arise in practice but the Order itself does not specify these cross-links; those must be resolved by reading the Act, departmental guidance and any applicable federal law.

The Order itself contains a built-in record of two distinct revision events and an administrative provenance. The instrument was notified in the Gazette on 30 December 2015 as indicated in its closing lines. The Schedule 1 heading contains multiple inline notes indicating that Schedule 1 was amended by S.R. 2019, No. 17, applied 03 Apr 2019. Those embedded amendment notes show that the Schedule has been updated since the Order’s initial making. The instrument also expressly revokes an earlier subordinate instrument by name.

Key amendment-history facts contained in the instrument are:

• Original instrument notation and Gazette date. The Order is displayed and numbered under the Rules Publication Act 1953 and was notified in the Gazette on 30 December 2015, per the instrument’s final lines. That gives the formal commencement marker for determining historic effect, subject to the precise text of s 2 which provides that the Order takes effect on the day on which its making is notified in the Gazette.

• Revocation of prior instrument. Schedule 2 specifies the Inland Fisheries (Controlled Fish) Order 2007 (No. 120 of 2007) as revoked by this Order. The instrument therefore functions as a successor to the 2007 list; any differences in coverage reflect an amendment-by-replacement approach.

• Later Schedule amendments. The Schedule 1 header contains a bracketed notation that Schedule 1 was amended by S.R. 2019, No. 17 (applied 03 Apr 2019). Multiple near-duplicate bracketed amendment markers appear in the text; each is a public-law notation that the Schedule has been changed by a subsequent statutory rule. The Order as presented therefore includes those later changes insofar as they are incorporated into the Schedule text used here.

• Editorial and typographical features. The Schedule contains some atypical orthography and name forms (for example Leipidosirej paradoxa and Icatalurus punctatus appear as printed). Those entries may reflect OCR, transcription or typographic errors in the published Schedule and may have been the subject of correction by later statutory rules or departmental guidance. The instrument as presented does not itself include an error-correction schedule or a consolidated note explaining those variants, but the amendment history markers indicate that the Schedule has been subject to at least one subsequent statutory rule.

• Administrative continuity. The instrument states that it is administered by the Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment. That administrative fact is part of the instrument’s metadata and may be relevant if later amendments or statutory rules were processed by the same department.

This Order therefore should be treated as a living subordinate instrument that replaced a 2007 instrument and was later amended in 2019. Practitioners wanting authoritative current text must check the consolidated version of the Order as maintained by the department and the official Tasmanian legislation database for any further amendments or corrections after the dates shown here.

The Order as presented contains no account of litigation, and it does not cite any case law or judicial decisions. It is a statutory instrument listing biological taxa and indicating its administrative provenance. The instrument’s text, including the Schedule and the revocation of the 2007 Order, does not record any judicial review, declaratory proceedings, or appellate history.

Accordingly:

• There is no litigation referenced in the instrument itself. The instrument makes no mention of court decisions or tribunal determinations bearing on the validity, interpretation or operation of this Order.

• Any litigation arising from the Order would turn largely on the operation of Division 1 of Part 8 of the Inland Fisheries Act 1995 and on the interpretation or application of Schedule 1’s taxonomic entries. That means disputes likely to litigate would include questions of taxonomic identity, whether a specimen or life stage falls within the Schedule, the correct reading of “spp.”, “entire family”, or subfamily references, and the implications of the Order’s revocation of the 2007 instrument. Because the Order itself does not contain the enforcement text, litigation would generally be about the Act’s application to the Order’s listed items rather than about the Order’s content standing alone.

• If identity disputes occur, courts or tribunals may be asked to determine whether a specimen constitutes “spawn, fry or young” for a particular species, or whether a named specimen falls within the intended taxonomic sweep where ambiguous orthography or synonymy is present. The Order’s inclusion of dead specimens increases the range of evidentiary issues.

• For practitioners researching litigation, the absence of litigation references here means one must search external judicial databases, tribunal records and administrative law reports for cases that apply Division 1 of Part 8 of the Inland Fisheries Act 1995 to taxa listed in this Order. The administering department’s guidance and historic enforcement notices could also reveal any contested enforcement actions that resulted in court proceedings.

In short, the Order itself contains no litigation history. Any relevant decisions will appear in external case law, tribunal reports or administrative determinations applying the Inland Fisheries Act 1995 and this Schedule. Practitioners should search those materials when assessing legal risk or precedent for specific taxa or enforcement scenarios.

The Order contains several drafting, practical and administrative features that create real-world compliance traps. These are not speculative policy critiques; they are concrete, source-grounded issues to watch when implementing or advising on the Order.

• Scope extends to dead specimens and early life stages. Section 4(b) and (c) make clear that “any dead fish of a kind specified” and “the spawn, fry or young of any fish specified” are included. That means preserved museum specimens, processed fish products, trade in juveniles, or even eggs/spawn sold for stocking or research may attract the Act’s controls. Organisations disposing of dead specimens or selling fry must check the Act’s requirements rather than assuming the Order only covers live animals.

• Broad taxonomic entries. Schedule 1 mixes precise binomials with “spp.”, entire-family declarations, and a subfamily entry (Ichthyborinae). For example, item 37 lists “Centrarchidae (entire family) Lepomis spp. and Micropterus spp.” and item 57 lists “Ichthyborinae (entire subfamily)”. These broad labels can sweep in species that are not commonly traded or that have ambiguous common names, potentially catching unexpected organisms. Businesses must review their inventories against both genus-level and family-level entries.

• Identification burden for regulators and regulated parties. The Order’s taxonomic approach increases the risk of disputes about whether a sample is of a listed species or life stage. The Schedule as printed contains what appear to be typographical anomalies (for example “Leipidosirej paradoxa” and “Icatalurus punctatus” as printed), duplicated entries (Oxyeleotris marmorata appears at items 79 and 93), and numbering irregularities. These features can create uncertainty about enforceability unless the administering department issues clarification or a consolidated corrected schedule.

• Duplications and numbering gaps. The Schedule contains duplicated scientific names and non-sequential item numbers (for example multiple items with lettered suffixes, and missing numeric items). Practitioners should not rely on sequence to establish meaning; instead, work from the consolidated Schedule as published by the department or official legislation database.

• Common-name blank fields. Several Schedule entries lack common names in the text provided. That absence can make it harder for non-specialists to map statutory names to market names or trade labels. Entities relying on common names in procurement and sales will need to cross-reference scientific names carefully.

• Interplay with other jurisdictions and regimes. The Order does not list Commonwealth or international constraints, but many taxa are also subject to federal biosecurity controls or international trade law. Compliance demand therefore spans multiple regimes in practice, and failure to account for that multi-jurisdictional overlay is a common operational pitfall.

• Revocation without transitional detail. The Order revokes the 2007 instrument (Schedule 2) but the Order as printed does not set out transitional arrangements. Organisations that relied on licences, registrations or authorisations under the revoked 2007 Order must verify whether those arrangements continue under the Act and this Order, or whether fresh approvals are required.

• Changes in taxonomy. Taxonomy evolves. The Schedule identifies taxa by names that may change with new scientific classifications. The Order’s reliance on static names means regulated parties should seek departmental guidance on how nomenclature updates are treated in enforcement and whether the department maintains a mapping to contemporary taxonomic authorities.

• Administrative centralisation. The instrument states the administering department. That indicates a single operational interlocutor but also concentrates discretion in a department that can issue policy or interpretative guidance. Parties should engage early with the department to secure certainty on identification, permitting and transitional arrangements.

Each of these “gotchas” is traceable to the Order’s text: the inclusion of dead specimens and early life stages (s 4(b)-(c)), the Schedule’s taxonomic drafting markers, the amendment notes, the revocation of the 2007 Order (s 5 and Schedule 2), and the administrative note. The practical compliance response is to secure authoritative departmental guidance and to map organisational holdings against the Schedule using up-to-date taxonomic references.

This Order functions as a definitional instrument that sets the biological scope for the regulatory machinery contained in Division 1 of Part 8 of the Inland Fisheries Act 1995. Compliance therefore requires two linked steps: (1) identify whether your biological material is captured by Schedule 1, including dead specimens and early life stages; and (2) follow the operative duties, permit processes and restrictions set out in Division 1 of Part 8 of the Act and any departmental guidance. The following practical checklist is grounded in the Order’s text and the operational implications of being declared “controlled fish” under s 4.

1. Inventory and mapping exercise

   • Compare every species, life stage and preserved specimen in your possession to Schedule 1 as printed in the Order. Remember s 4(b) and (c) include dead fish and spawn/fry/young. Where Schedule 1 uses “spp.”, entire families or subfamily labels, treat the match as genus- or family-wide unless departmental guidance narrows it.
   • Document items that are uncertain because of taxonomic synonyms, spelling variants or common-name mismatches. Keep a list of items requiring confirmation from an appropriate ichthyological expert or the administering department.

2. Seek authoritative taxonomic confirmation

   • Where scientific names in Schedule 1 appear to differ from current nomenclature, obtain a taxonomic cross-reference from a qualified scientist or request the department’s authoritative mapping. The Schedule as printed contains apparent orthographic variants (for example Leipidosirej paradoxa; Icatalurus punctatus) and duplicates that should be clarified with the department.

3. Contact the administering department early

   • The Order states it is administered by the Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment. Contact that department to obtain consolidated text, guidance on interpretation, lists of current licences or permits required under Division 1 of Part 8 of the Act, and any transitional arrangements or compliance protocols that were issued when the 2007 Order was revoked.

4. Review the Inland Fisheries Act 1995 Division 1, Part 8

   • Read the parent Act to determine specific duties, prohibitions, application and approval procedures, record-keeping obligations and enforcement consequences that will apply to items identified in Step 1. The Order’s s 3(1) and s 4 make the link between the Order and the Act explicit: compliance is not achieved by complying with the Order alone.

5. Update procurement, sales and movement processes

   • Modify purchase orders, supplier declarations and consignment paperwork to capture whether incoming stock is a species or life stage listed in Schedule 1.
   • Implement written checks and staff training for reception and identification of shipments to prevent inadvertent receipt or dispatch of controlled items.

6. Segregate and label potentially controlled items

   • Until identity and permit status are clarified, segregate suspected controlled specimens and label them clearly to avoid supply-chain intermingling, sales or release into open waters.

7. Apply for permits or licences if required

   • If Division 1 of Part 8 prescribes licences, permits, or permit conditions, prepare applications in line with departmental forms and gather any supporting scientific or biosecurity documentation required. Advance contact with the department will identify the right forms and criteria.

8. Prepare documentation for inspections

   • Maintain acquisition records, chain-of-custody documents, and records of disposal for any items declared controlled by the Order, since s 4 includes dead specimens and juvenile life stages. If Division 1 requires reporting or record-keeping, ensure those logs are accurate and retained.

9. Check interstate and international movement rules

   • For imports, exports or interstate movements, check Commonwealth biosecurity and interstate transfer laws as well as Tasmania’s Act and this Order. The Order does not displace other legal regimes; compliance requires satisfying all applicable jurisdictions.

10. Seek legal advice where uncertainty persists

• If identity, permit requirements or the applicability of Division 1 are contested or unclear, obtain legal advice that coordinates statutory interpretation of the Order with the Inland Fisheries Act 1995 and with any departmental policies.

11. Monitor for amendments and departmental guidance

• The Order was amended in S.R. 2019 No. 17 and it revoked an earlier 2007 Order. Maintain a process to monitor the Tasmanian legislation database and departmental announcements for further changes, corrections or consolidation of Schedule 1.

12. Consider decontamination and disposal procedures

• Given s 4 includes dead specimens, put in place protocols for the safe disposal or sterilisation of carcasses, eggs and juvenile stock in compliance with the Act and environmental rules. Consult the department for approved disposal methods if the Act or departmental guidance prescribes them.

These steps are directly traceable to the Order: s 4 determines the objects captured; s 3 imports definitions from the parent Act; Schedule 1 sets the taxa; s 5 revokes the 2007 instrument; and the instrument’s administrative note gives a practical contact point. Compliance without reading the Inland Fisheries Act 1995 and engaging with the administering department will be incomplete because the Order does not itself specify operational obligations, permits or penalties.