Section 390SE — Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999: Consultation

(1) As soon as is practicable after making an interim declaration under section 390SD declaring that a specified commercial fishing activity is a declared commercial fishing activity, the Minister must publish a notice on the Department’s website in accordance with subsection (2). (2) The notice must: (a) invite each declaration affected person (see subsection (3)) to make a written submission about the impact on the person’s rights or interests in relation to fishing if a final declaration under section 390SF were made in relation to the commercial fishing activity; and (b) specify that written submissions must be lodged during the period specified in the notice; and (c) specify the manner in which written submissions are to be lodged. (3) A declaration affected person, in relation to a commercial fishing activity, means a person who: (a) holds a fishing concession or is prescribed by the regulations; and (b) considers that the person would be detrimentally affected by the making of a final declaration under section 390SF in relation to the commercial fishing activity. (4) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(b), the period specified in the notice must be at least 11 business days after the day the notice is published.