Periodic reporting on aquatic environment
23 Periodic reporting on aquatic environment
The Minister may, by notice in writing to a licensee, require the licensee to prepare, within a period specified in the notice, a report on the condition of the aquatic environment in or around the licence area.
A notice under this regulation may require the licensee—
to collect evidence of the condition of the aquatic environment, by—
taking, in a specified manner and form, photographs or other visual images or recordings of or relating to aquatic flora and fauna or the sea floor; or
taking and analysing, in a specified manner (including by the use of services of an accredited laboratory), specified samples of aquatic flora and fauna or the sea floor; or
taking any other specified samples or measures; and
to prepare and submit to the Minister, in a specified manner and form, a report containing the specified details about the condition of the aquatic environment in or around the licence area found by the evidence collected under paragraph (a).
A licensee must comply with a notice given to the licensee under subregulation (1). Maximum penalty: Maximum penalty: $7 500. Expiation fee: $750.
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