Fisheries Act 1996

Fisheries administration - Administration generally

295: Notification of appointments and places for provision of information

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"Notices about who to contact and where to get or give information about fisheries"

The chief executive can put a notice in the Gazette to tell you about appointments and places where you can get or give information. You can find information about the powers and duties of the chief executive under an arrangement or contract in section 294(1)(b). The chief executive can also choose places where you can give or get notices, objections, requests, and other information. If you need to give any information, it is not considered given until it is received at the chosen place. You also need to give the information in the correct way and with any required fee. If the chief executive makes an arrangement or contract, they can choose someone to carry out their duties at a specific place. This person can also give or ask for notices and information related to the chief executive's duties, as long as they follow the terms of the arrangement or contract, and section 294. The chief executive can put a notice in the Gazette to tell you about these things. You can find more information about the chief executive's powers and duties in the Fisheries Act 1996. The chief executive's duties and powers can be found in the Act.

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294: Use of outside agencies in performance of functions under Act, or

"How the chief executive works with other agencies to do their job"

296: Electronic transmission, or

"Sending fishing documents by email or online"

Part 15Fisheries administration
Administration generally

295Notification of appointments and places for provision of information

The chief executive may, by notice in the Gazette,—
notify the appointment of any person or organisation to any position under this Act; and
notify that any person or organisation shall perform any of the powers, functions, and duties of the chief executive under any arrangement or contract under section 294(1)(b); and
appoint places where notices, objections, requests, applications, accounts, records, returns, and other information and documents shall be provided or received under this Act, including places for the purpose of the electronic transmission of accounts, records, returns, transactions, information, notices, objections, requests, applications, and other documents.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Act, any notice, objection, request, application, account, record, return, or any other information or document that is required by or under this Act to be provided at any particular place appointed by a notice under subsection (1) shall be deemed not to have been provided until it has been received at that place.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Act, any notice, objection, request, application, account, record, return, or any other information or document that is required by or under this Act to be provided in a prescribed or approved manner or form, or accompanied by a prescribed fee, shall be deemed not to have been provided until it has been completed and provided in the prescribed or approved manner or form, or accompanied by the prescribed fee.
Subject to subsection (4) of section 294, if the chief executive enters into any arrangement or contract under subsection (1)(b) of that section,—
any function, duty, or power of the chief executive that forms the subject of the arrangement or contract, and is required by any enactment, regulation, instrument, or document to be performed by the chief executive, may, subject to the terms and conditions of that arrangement, be carried out at such place and by such person with whom the chief executive has entered into the arrangement or contract as the chief executive may specify by notice in the Gazette under subsection (1):
any person with whom the chief executive has entered into the arrangement or contract may, subject to the terms and conditions of the arrangement or contract, give, provide, or demand any notice, account, record, return, information, demand, or any other thing in relation to any function, duty, or power of the chief executive that forms the subject of the arrangement or contract, and is required by any enactment, regulation, instrument, or document to be given, provided, or demanded by the chief executive.

Notes

Section 295(2): amended, on 1 October 2004, by section 53 of the Fisheries Amendment Act (No 3) 2004 (2004 No 76).
Section 295(3): amended, on 1 October 2004, by section 53 of the Fisheries Amendment Act (No 3) 2004 (2004 No 76).