Northern Territory Timor Reef Fishery - Part 13 accreditation 2003
Accreditation of a plan of management for the purposes of part 13
Department of the Environment and Heritage, 13 May 2003
Commonwealth of Australia
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
Accreditation of a plan of management for the purposes of part 13
I, David Alistair Kemp, Minister for the Environment and Heritage, being satisfied that:
- the management regime in force under the Northern Territory Fisheries Act 1988 and Fisheries Regulation for the Timor Reef Fishery requires persons engaged in fishing under the regime to take all reasonable steps to ensure that members of listed threatened species, listed migratory species, cetaceans and listed marine species are not killed or injured as a result of the fishing; and
- the fishery to which the management regime relates does not, or is not likely to, adversely affect:
- the survival or recovery in nature of any listed threatened species; or
- the conservation status of a listed migratory species, cetacean, or listed marine species or a population of that species,
hereby accredit the Northern Territory Timor Reef management regime, as in force at the date of this instrument, pursuant to sections 208A, 222A, 245 and 265 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 for the purposes of Divisions 1, 2, 3 and 4 of Part 13 of the Act.
Dated this 13th day of May 2003
[signed]
David Kemp
Minister for the Environment and Heritage