Aquaculture (Zones—Tumby Bay) Policy 2015 (SA)

South Australia Aquaculture (Zones—Tumby Bay) Policy 2015 under the Aquaculture Act 2001

Contents Part 1—Preliminary 1 Short title 2 Interpretation 3 Object of policy 4 Prescription of criteria does not limit matters that may be taken into account Part 2—Tumby Bay aquaculture zone 5 Identification of aquaculture zone 6 Class of permitted aquaculture 7 Prescribed criteria 8 Variation or revocation of Gazette notice Part 3—Tumby Bay aquaculture exclusion zone 9 Identification of aquaculture exclusion zone Schedule 1—Descriptions of zones 1 Description of Tumby Bay aquaculture zone 2 Description of Tumby Bay aquaculture exclusion zone Schedule 2—Map of zones Legislative history

Part 1—Preliminary 1—Short title This policy may be cited as the Aquaculture (Zones—Tumby Bay) Policy 2015. 2—Interpretation (1) In this policy, unless the contrary intention appears— Act means the Aquaculture Act 2001; algae means eukaryotic macroalgae; bivalve molluscs includes clams, cockles, mussels, oysters, pipis, razorfish and scallops; finfish means all members of the classes Actinopterygii, Elasmobranchii and Myxini; lease means an aquaculture lease; licence means an aquaculture licence; prescribed wild caught tuna means members of the genera Allothunnus, Auxis, Euthunnus, Katsuwonus, and Thunnus that have been taken from the wild. (2) For the purposes of identification of zones in this policy, unless the contrary intention appears, all lines are geodesics based on the Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994 (GDA94) as defined in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette GN35 of 6 September 1995 and all co‑ordinates are expressed in terms of GDA94. Note— Unless the contrary intention appears, terms used in this policy that are defined in the Act have the respective meanings assigned to those terms by the Act. 3—Object of policy Pursuant to section 11 of the Act, this policy— (a) identifies an aquaculture zone and an aquaculture exclusion zone; and (b) specifies for an aquaculture zone— (i) the classes of aquaculture permitted in the zone; and (ii) prescribed criteria to be taken into account in the determination of applications for licences or in the making of other decisions under the Act in relation to the zone. 4—Prescription of criteria does not limit matters that may be taken into account This policy does not limit the matters that may be taken into account in the determination of applications for licences or in the making of other decisions under the Act.