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Conservation Act 1987

Sports Fish and Game Councils - Fish and Game Councils

26U: Membership

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"Who can be on a Fish and Game Council"

You can be a member of a Fish and Game Council if you have a current adult whole season licence to hunt game or fish for sports fish. Each Fish and Game Council has up to 12 members who are elected according to the rules in section 26Z. You must follow these rules to be a member.

You cannot be a member if you are bankrupt or have been convicted of an offence involving sports fish or game or protected wildlife under this Act or any other Act. The Minister defines regions and each region can have up to 6 subregions, which are determined by the Fish and Game Council for that region. These subregions are notified in a newspaper that people in the area can read.

The regions and subregions help decide who can be on a Fish and Game Council, and the rules are set out in section 26A(1)(c). You have to meet certain criteria to be eligible to be a member of a Fish and Game Council. The criteria are important to ensure that members are qualified to make decisions about fish and game.

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26UMembership

  1. Each Fish and Game Council shall consist of not more than 12 members elected in accordance with section 26Z.

  2. A person shall be qualified to be a member of a Fish and Game Council only if that person holds a current adult whole season licence to hunt game or fish for sports fish.

  3. Each region defined by the Minister under section 26A(1)(c) shall comprise not more than 6 subregions, which shall be determined by the Fish and Game Council for that region and notified in some newspaper circulating in the areas affected.

  4. No person who is a bankrupt or has been convicted of an offence involving sports fish or game or protected wildlife (being an offence under this Act or any other Act) shall be eligible to be a member of a Fish and Game Council.

Notes
  • Section 26U: inserted, on , by section 17 of the Conservation Law Reform Act 1990 (1990 No 31).
  • Section 26U(4): amended, on , by section 19 of the Conservation Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 1).