Nature Conservation (Open Seasons) Order 2004
6Open season for short-tailed shearwater (muttonbird): commercial licences
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6 Open season for short-tailed shearwater (muttonbird): commercial licences
(1) [Clause 6 Subclause (1) amended by S.R. 2008, No. 34, Applied:30 Apr 2008] For the holder of a commercial muttonbird catcher's licence, the open season for muttonbird in each year is the period starting on 27 March of the year and ending on 30 April of the year.
(1A) [Clause 6 Subclause (1A) inserted by S.R. 2008, No. 34, Applied:30 Apr 2008] [Clause 6 Subclause (1A) omitted by S.R. 2008, No. 34, Applied:31 Dec 2008] . . . . . . . .
(2) During the open season, juvenile muttonbirds may be taken from the rookeries specified in a licence referred to in subclause (1) .