Part 16 Section 391 Minister must consider precautionary principle in The Department’s assessment of the WA Abalone Managed making decisions Fishery (1) The Minister must take account of the precautionary principle Having regard to the precautionary management measures in in the in making a decision under section 303DC and/or section fishery, summarised in Table 1, the Department considers that the 303FN, to the extent he or she can do so consistently with the precautionary principle has been accounted for in the preparation of other provisions of this Act. advice in relation to a decision under section 303DC. (2) The precautionary principle is that lack of full scientific certainty should not be used as a reason for postponing a measure to prevent degradation of the environment there are threats of serious or irreversible environmental damage.
Part 16 Section 391 Minister must consider precautionary principle in making decisions The Department’s assessment of the WA Abalone Managed Fishery (1) The Minister must take account of the precautionary principle in making a decision under section 303DC and/or section 303FN, to the extent he or she can do so consistently with the other provisions of this Act. Having regard to the precautionary management measures in in the fishery, summarised in Table 1, the Department considers that the precautionary principle has been accounted for in the preparation of advice in relation to a decision under section 303DC. (2) The precautionary principle is that lack of full scientific certainty should not be used as a reason for postponing a measure to prevent degradation of the environment there are threats of serious or irreversible environmental damage.
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