Rock Fishing Safety Act 2016
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4 High risk rock fishing locations
4 High risk rock fishing locations
(1) The Minister may, by order published in the Gazette, declare an area to be an area where high risk rock fishing takes place (a declared area).
(2) In this Act, a high risk rock fishing location is a naturally occurring rock platform or other rock formation exposed to ocean swell within a declared area.
(3) The Secretary of the Department of Planning, Industry and Environment is to cause the following to be published on a publicly accessible website maintained by the Department:
(a) each declared area, and
(b) a description and map that identify the high risk rock fishing locations within the declared area.
s 4: Am 2019 No 1, Sch 2.26 [1] [2].