Section 303FR Public consultation The Department’s assessment of the QLD Mud Crab Fishery (1) Before making a declaration section 303FN, the Minister must The Department considers that consultation requirements of the EPBC cause to be published on the Internet a notice: Act for declaring a fishery an approved wildlife trade operation have setting out the proposal to make the declaration; and been met. A public notice, which set out the proposal to declare the setting out sufficient information to enable persons and QMCF an approved wildlife trade operation and included the organisations to consider adequately the merits of the submission for the QMCF, was released for public comment which proposal; and closed on 4 November 2014 with one public comment received. inviting persons and organisations to give the Minister, within the period specified in the notice, written comments the proposal. (2) A period specified in the notice must not be shorter than 20 A public notice, which set out the proposal to declare the QMCF a business days after the date on which the notice was published on wildlife trade operation and included the submission was released for the Internet. public comment on 1 October 2014 and closed on 4 November 2014, a total of 22 business days. (3) In making a decision about whether to make a declaration under The public comments received on the submission are included at section 303FN, the Minister must consider any comments about of the brief. The Department’s assessment Attachment L1 and L2 the proposal to make the declaration that were given in response has considered the public comments received on the submission. to the invitation in the notice.
Section 303FR Public consultation The Department’s assessment of the QLD Mud Crab Fishery (1) Before making a declaration section 303FN, the Minister must cause to be published on the Internet a notice: setting out the proposal to make the declaration; and setting out sufficient information to enable persons and organisations to consider adequately the merits of the proposal; and inviting persons and organisations to give the Minister, within the period specified in the notice, written comments the proposal. The Department considers that consultation requirements of the EPBC Act for declaring a fishery an approved wildlife trade operation have been met. A public notice, which set out the proposal to declare the QMCF an approved wildlife trade operation and included the submission for the QMCF, was released for public comment which closed on 4 November 2014 with one public comment received. (2) A period specified in the notice must not be shorter than 20 business days after the date on which the notice was published on the Internet. A public notice, which set out the proposal to declare the QMCF a wildlife trade operation and included the submission was released for public comment on 1 October 2014 and closed on 4 November 2014, a total of 22 business days. (3) In making a decision about whether to make a declaration under section 303FN, the Minister must consider any comments about the proposal to make the declaration that were given in response to the invitation in the notice. The public comments received on the submission are included at Attachment L1 and L2 of the brief. The Department’s assessment has considered the public comments received on the submission.
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