Marine Farming Planning Act 1995

A person who prepares a draft plan must prepare draft management controls – as part of the draft plan; or as part of any significant modification to the draft plan which would justify a change in the management controls already in operation.

Draft management controls must contain any measure which the person considers necessary to satisfactorily manage and mitigate negative effect of the draft plan.

Draft management controls must, if they relate to finfish farming, contain any environmental management controls that the Director, EPA, in a notice under section 17A(1), requires to be included in the draft management controls.

Draft management controls may include provisions relating to any one or more of the following:the activities that may take place in the area covered by the draft plan; the specific marine farming activities that may take place in the whole or a part of a marine farming zone; the environmental testing that must be carried out by a person who may be granted a lease in a marine farming zone; the limits of any water quality in or around a marine farming zone; the restrictions on noise, light or presence in a marine farming zone; the size of structures in a marine farming zone; any other appropriate matter.