Fisheries (General) Regulation 2019

This section applies in relation to an application for an aquaculture authority for activities relating to aquaculture if the chief executive considers the application will reasonably require assessment under this section (special assessment).

The chief executive must decide whether the application will reasonably require special assessment at level 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 having regard to each of the following matters—

the number of hours, and number of persons, that will be involved in assessing the application;

the complexity of assessing the activities the subject of the application against the Act, including, for example, whether an activity—

may pose a biosecurity risk within the meaning of the Biosecurity Act 2014; or

may involve the use of a method or equipment the chief executive considers new or unproven for carrying out the activity;

the number of site inspections that will be required for assessing the application;

whether an environmental impact statement has been, or is required under an Act to be, prepared for—

the aquaculture development to which the authority is proposed to relate; or

an activity the subject of the application.

The fee payable for the special assessment of the application at level 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 is the fee stated for the level of the assessment in schedule 5A, part 2.

The chief executive must give the applicant a written notice stating the reasons the chief executive considers the application will require special assessment at level 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5.