Nature Conservation (Open Seasons) Amendment Order 2016

Nature Conservation (Open Seasons) Amendment Order 2016

I make the following order under section 30(1) of the Nature Conservation Act 2002 .

22 March 2016

MATTHEW GROOM

Minister for Environment, Parks and Heritage

1.   Short title

This order may be cited as the Nature Conservation (Open Seasons) Amendment Order 2016 .

2.   Commencement

This order takes effect on the day on which its making is notified in the Gazette.

3.   Principal Order

In this order, the Nature Conservation (Open Seasons) Order 2004 is referred to as the Principal Order.

4.    Clause 5 amended (Open season for short-tailed shearwater (muttonbird): muttonbird licences)

Clause 5(3) of the Principal Order is amended as follows:

(a) by omitting "1 April 2015" and substituting "1 April 2016";

(b) by omitting "4 April 2015" and substituting "2 April 2016".

5.    Schedule 1 amended (Muttonbird rookeries)

Schedule 1 to the Principal Order is amended as follows:

(a) by omitting item 40 and substituting the following:

40.	Wickham Lighthouse
	West Coast Group

(b) by inserting after item 43 the following:

44.	Swan Basin

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 30 March 2016

This order is administered in the Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the order)

This order amends the Nature Conservation (Open Seasons) Order 2004 by –

(a) including a new muttonbird rookery of Swan Basin at Ocean Beach near Strahan as a rookery from which juvenile muttonbirds may be taken under a muttonbird licence during the 2016 open season; and

(b) continuing an exemption for Hannants Bight, Pilot Bay and Trumpeter Rock, at Cape Sorell, from the rookeries from which juvenile muttonbirds may be taken under a muttonbird licence during the 2016 open season; and

(c) updating a heading in the Schedule to the order.