Commonwealth legislation

Northern Prawn Fishery (Early Closure) Direction No. 175

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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.

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Plain English Summary

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This instrument imposes a temporary closure of the Northern Prawn Fishery, banning all prawn fishing by concession holders and their agents/crew for a 10-day UTC period from 22:30 UTC on 20 Nov 2017 to 22:00 UTC on 30 Nov 2017.

It's an early-season stop to protect stocks, uses UTC to avoid time-zone confusion, and automatically lapses on 1 Dec 2017.

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Current sections

Direct links to the current provisions in Northern Prawn Fishery (Early Closure) Direction No. 175.

Citation

This Direction may be cited as the Northern Prawn Fishery (Early Closure) Direction No. 175.

Commencement

This Direction commences on the day after registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.

Revocation

This Direction is repealed on 1st December 2017 unless earlier revoked.

Interpretation

4.1 In this Direction:

"UTC" means Coordinated Universal Time, the time scale based on the second (SI), maintained by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures. For the purposes of this Direction UTC is equivalent to mean solar time at the prime meridian (0 degrees longitude), formerly expressed in Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

4.2 Terms used in this Direction that are defined for the purposes of the Northern Prawn Fishery Management Plan 1995 have the same meanings in this Direction as they have in that Plan.

Notes: Terms defined in the Fisheries Management Act 1991 have the same meanings in this Direction.

4.3 This Direction is to be read consistently with other Directions made under the Fisheries Management Act 1991.

To whom this Direction applies

This Direction applies to a holder of a fishing concession in the Northern Prawn Fishery and to a person acting on behalf of the holder.

Early closure for fishery

The Northern Prawn Fishery (Closures) Direction No.171 is varied under subsection 41A(3) of the Fisheries Management Act 1991 to provide that fishing is not to be engaged in the fishery during the period commencing at 2230 hours UTC on 20 November 2017 and ending at 2200 hours UTC on 30 November 2017.

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Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation (legislation.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.

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