Nature Conservation (Open Seasons) Amendment Order 2008
I make the following order under section 30(1) of the Nature Conservation Act 2002 .
21 April 2008D. E. LLEWELLYN
Minister for Primary Industries and Water
This order may be cited as the Nature Conservation (Open Seasons) Amendment Order 2008 .
This order takes effect on the day on which its making is notified in the Gazette.
In this order, the Nature Conservation (Open Seasons) Order 2004 is referred to as the Principal Order.
4. Clause 6 amended (Open season for short-tailed shearwater (muttonbird): commercial licences)
Clause 6 of the Principal Order is amended as follows:(a) by omitting from subclause (1) "a commercial muttonbird operator's licence or";(b) by inserting the following subclause after subclause (1) :(1A) Despite subclause (1), the open season for muttonbird that started on 27 March 2008 ends on 7 May 2008.
The amendment to the Principal Order effected by clause 4(b) of this order expires on 31 December 2008 and, on that expiry, the Principal Order has effect as if that clause had not been enacted.
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 30 April 2008
This order is administered in the Department of Primary Industries and Water.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the order)
This order amends the Nature Conservation (Open Seasons) Order 2004 by –(a) extending the 2008 open season for muttonbird for commercial licence holders until 7 May 2008; and(b) updating a licence reference.