69Notices inviting submissions in respect of certain regulations

69 Notices inviting submissions in respect of certain regulations

(1) Regulations must not be made for the purposes of subsection 17(2) or 22(3) unless, before the making of the regulations: (a) the Minister has, in accordance with section 68, given public notice of the Minister’s intention to make a regulation for the purposes of that subsection in relation to a particular taxon that is specified in the notice; and (b) the notice has given a broad indication of the objectives of the intended regulations and invited persons to make submissions to the Minister concerning it within a period of 30 days after the publication of the notice. (2) If the Minister receives, in accordance with an invitation in a public notice under subsection (1), a submission concerning an intended regulation, the Minister must have regard to the submission so made.