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Fisheries Act 1996

Dispute resolution - Statement of procedure

115: Minister to issue statement of procedure

You could also call this:

"The Minister creates a plan to solve fishing disputes and asks for your feedback."

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The Minister has to make a plan for solving disputes. You can see a draft of this plan within six months of this law starting. The Minister will tell you where to find it. You can give your thoughts on the draft plan to the Minister within 30 working days of it being available. The Minister will think about what you say and then approve a final plan. The Minister will let you know where to find the approved plan. The Minister will check the plan regularly and can change it or replace it with a new one if needed. When the Minister changes or replaces the plan, you can give your thoughts on it again, just like you did with the first draft.

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Part 7Dispute resolution
Statement of procedure

115Minister to issue statement of procedure

  1. Within 6 months after the commencement of this section, the Minister shall publicly notify the availability, at such places as he or she specifies in the notice, of a draft statement of procedure for the resolution of disputes to which this Part applies.

  2. Any person may, within 30 working days after the public notification of the availability of the draft statement of procedure under subsection (1), make a submission to the Minister about the draft statement of procedure.

  3. The Minister shall, after having due regard to the submissions (if any) received on the draft statement of procedure, and within 30 working days of the close of the period referred to in subsection (2), approve a statement of procedure for the resolution of disputes to which this Part applies.

  4. The Minister shall publicly notify the availability, at such places as he or she specifies in the notice, of the approved statement of procedure.

  5. The Minister shall from time to time, at such intervals as he or she considers appropriate, review the approved statement of procedure and may, at any time,—

  6. amend the statement; or
    1. revoke the statement and substitute a new statement;—
        1. and subsections (2) to (4), with any necessary modifications, shall apply to every such amendment or substituted statement.