Early ending of harvest period for harvest regions or harvest zones
14B Early ending of harvest period for harvest regions or harvest zones
This section applies if—
a harvest period notice declares 1 or more harvest regions or harvest zones for a harvest period; and
the chief executive is satisfied—
the maximum take number, for a harvest macropod species in a harvest region or harvest zone, is likely to be exceeded in the harvest period; or
it is necessary to end the harvest period, for a harvest macropod species in a harvest region or harvest zone, because an event has reduced, or is likely to reduce, the population size for the species in the region or zone.Examples of events—
flood, disease outbreak
The chief executive may, by publishing a notice on a relevant website (a harvesting end notice), declare that the harvest period, for the harvest macropod species in the harvest region or harvest zone, ends.
The harvesting end notice must state—
the matter of which the chief executive is satisfied under subsection (1)(b)(i) or (ii); and
the day the harvest period, for the harvest macropod species in the harvest region or harvest zone, ends.
Without limiting subsection (2), the harvesting end notice may apply in relation to—
all harvest macropod species in 1 or more harvest regions or harvest zones; or
1 or more harvest macropod species in all harvest regions or all harvest zones.
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