Fisheries Management Act 1994

The Minister may arrange for the preparation of a draft plan relating to management of all or any specified class of share management fisheries (a supporting plan).

A supporting plan may make provision for or with respect to any matter for which a fishery management plan may make provision, but cannot contain any provision that could not be contained in a management plan.

A management plan for a fishery may adopt by reference any of the provisions of a supporting plan as in force at a particular time or as in force from time to time and with or without modification.

Any provisions so adopted are taken to form part of the management plan for the fishery.

A provision of a supporting plan has no effect in relation to a share management fishery except to the extent that the provision is adopted by the management plan for the fishery under this section.

The Minister may arrange for the preparation of a new supporting plan following a fishery review under this Part or at such other times as the Minister considers appropriate.