Northern Territory Numbered Acts

FISHERIES LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2016 (NO 23 OF 2016) - SECT 48

(1)     Regulation 26, heading, after " import "

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live

(2)     Regulation 26(1)

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    (1)     An application for a permit to import live fish or aquatic life must be accompanied by a statement of the proposed method of treatment and disposal of the water in which the fish or aquatic life is imported.

    (1A)     The Director may require an applicant for a permit to import live fish or aquatic life to be supported by a certificate attesting to:

    (a)     the disease status of the fish or aquatic life; and

    (b)     any treatment given to the fish or aquatic life.

    (1B)     The certificate must be issued by one of the following persons, who must have inspected the fish or aquatic life to which the certificate refers:

    (a)     for fish or aquatic life other than plant life – a veterinarian, however described, registered under the Veterinarians Act or a similar Act of a State or another Territory;

    (b)     for aquatic life that is plant life – an approved person.

(3)     Regulation 26(2)

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all words from "must" to "unless"

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may only grant a permit to import live fish or aquatic life if

(4)     Regulation 26(2)(a)

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that species of fish or aquatic life

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the fish or aquatic life is of a species that

(5)     Regulation 26(2)(b)

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his or her

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the Director's