Fisheries Management Act 1994

On making a final determination, the Fisheries Scientific Committee must, as soon as practicable—

make an order under section 220D giving effect to the determination, and

in a case involving a nomination, notify the person who made the nomination of the determination, and

notify the Minister, the NRC and the Secretary of the determination, and

publish notice of the determination in a newspaper circulating generally throughout the State and, if the determination is likely to affect a particular area or areas (other than the State as a whole), in a newspaper circulating generally in that area or areas, and

publish notice of the making of the determination in the Gazette.

The notice must specify the manner in which members of the public may obtain a copy of the determination and the reasons for it.

The reasons for a final determination are to include reference to such of the criteria prescribed by the regulations under sections 220F–220FC as may be relevant to the determination.

Copies of the final determination and the reasons for it are to be made available to members of the public (free of charge) as follows—

by publication on a NSW Government website used by the Department,

in response to a request made by contacting an office of the Department in a manner specified in the notice of the determination,

in response to a request made in person at an office of the Department at an address specified in the notice of the determination.

The validity of a final determination cannot be questioned in any legal proceedings except those commenced in a court by any person within 3 months of the date of publication in the Gazette of notice of the making of the final determination.