New South Wales Repealed Acts

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MARINE PARKS ACT 1997 - SECT 36

36 Application of Fisheries Management Act 1994

(1) Divisions 1-4 of Part 9 (Enforcement) of the Fisheries Management Act 1994 :

(a) apply to and in respect of a marine park ranger in the same way as those provisions apply to and in respect of a fisheries officer, and

(b) apply to and in respect of an offence against this Act or the regulations in the same way as they apply to and in respect of a fisheries offence.

(2) In so applying those provisions:

(a) a reference to a fisheries officer is to be read as a reference to a marine park ranger, and

(b) a reference to the Minister is to be read as a reference to the relevant Ministers, and

(c) a reference to a fisheries offence is to be read as a reference to an offence against this Act or the regulations, and

(d) a reference to the Director-General includes a reference to the Director-General of the Department of Environment and Climate Change, and

(e) a reference to a forfeiture offence is to be read as a reference to an offence against this Act or the regulations that is declared by the regulations to be a forfeiture offence.

(3) The application of Divisions 1-4 of Part 9 of the Fisheries Management Act 1994 under this section is subject to such other modifications as are prescribed by the regulations.

(4) An offence against the provisions so applied is an offence against this Act.

(5) This section does not limit the application of the Fisheries Management Act 1994 to marine parks.