Tasmania regulation

Inland Fisheries (Declared Fish) Order 1996

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Jurisdiction

Tasmania

Act Number

69 of 1996

Collection

regulation

Plain English Summary

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This order declares freshwater fish — eel, whitebait and any acclimatised fish — to be “declared fish” to which Division 3 of Part 3 of the Inland Fisheries Act 1995 applies (s4). It commenced on 31 May 1996 (s2).

Mechanically, it makes fishers and businesses dealing with those fish subject to the rules, duties and penalties in Division 3; definitions come from the Act (s3). The Department of Environment and Land Management administers and enforces the order.

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Short title

1 Short title

This order may be cited as the Inland Fisheries (Declared Fish) Order 1996 .

Commencement

2 Commencement

This order takes effect on 31 May 1996.

Interpretation

3 Interpretation

(1) In this order

Act means the Inland Fisheries Act 1995 .

(2) An expression in this order that is defined in the Act has the same meaning as so defined.

Declared fish

4 Declared fish

The following kinds of freshwater fish are declared to be fish to which Division 3 of Part 3 of the Act applies:

(a) eel;

(b) whitebait;

(c) any acclimatised fish.

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 30 May 1996

This order is administered in the Department of Environment and Land Management.

Source text

Sourced from Tasmanian Legislation Online (legislation.tas.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.