Aquaculture strategies may be subject to urgent amendment without prior notice or consultation
21 Aquaculture strategies may be subject to urgent amendment without prior notice or consultation
If the Minister is of the opinion that action needs to be taken without delay in order to avoid, remedy or mitigate an adverse effect on the environment resulting from farming practices or other conduct by licensees, the
Minister may, despite regulation 19 or 20, by notice published on the Minister's website, declare that specified licensees to whom the declaration applies—
must discontinue, or not commence—
specified farming practices or other specified conduct; or
the use of specified aquaculture equipment; or
must take specified action in a specified manner, in the course of aquaculture carried on under the licence.
A declaration under subregulation (1)—
takes effect on its publication on the Minister's website or at such later date as may be specified in the declaration; and
remains in place according to its terms for a specified period not exceeding 12 months; and
while in place, is taken to be adopted by, and form part of an aquaculture strategy of, each licensee to whom the declaration applies.
In this regulation—
conduct includes a failure to act.
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