43Making management rules for marine parks and aquatic reserves

43 Making management rules for marine parks and aquatic reserves

43 Making management rules for marine parks and aquatic reserves

(1) The relevant Ministers may cause draft management rules to be prepared for a marine park or an aquatic reserve.

(2) In preparing draft management rules, the relevant Ministers must have regard to—

(a) the marine estate management strategy (if one has been approved), and

(b) any relevant threat and risk assessment report prepared under this Act.

(3) The relevant Ministers are to seek the advice of the Authority regarding the preparation of the draft management rules.

(4) The relevant Ministers are to cause public notice to be given of the draft management rules.

(5) The notice is to—

(a) specify the address of each place at which copies of the draft management rules are available, and

(b) invite submissions to be made on the draft management rules before the date specified in the notice (being a date not less than 2 months after the date of the notice), and

(c) specify the address to which submissions are to be forwarded.

(6) The relevant Ministers are to consider any submissions made before the date referred to in subsection (5) (b), or such later date as the relevant Ministers allow.