Aquaculture (Zones—Lacepede Bay) Policy 2012 (SA)

South Australia Aquaculture (Zones—Lacepede Bay) Policy 2012 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—Cape Jaffa aquaculture zone 5 Identification of aquaculture zone 5A Designation of aquaculture zone as public call area 6 Class of permitted aquaculture 7 Prescribed criteria Part 3—Kingston aquaculture zone 8 Identification of aquaculture zone 8A Designation of aquaculture zone as public call area 9 Class of permitted aquaculture 10 Prescribed criteria Part 4—Kingston aquaculture exclusion zone 11 Identification of aquaculture exclusion zone Part 5—Miscellaneous 12 Prescribed criteria for all aquaculture zones 13 Variation or revocation of Gazette notice Schedule 1—Description of zones 1 Description of Cape Jaffa aquaculture zone 2 Description of Kingston aquaculture zone 3 Description of Kingston aquaculture exclusion zone Schedule 2—Maps of zones Legislative history

Part 1—Preliminary 1—Short title This policy may be cited as the Aquaculture (Zones—Lacepede Bay) Policy 2012. 2—Interpretation (1) In this policy— abalone means abalone (Haliotis spp.) of all species; Act means the Aquaculture Act 2001; finfish means all members of the classes Actinopterygii, Elasmobranchii and Myxini; Kingston (holding) sector means the area within the Kingston aquaculture zone described in Schedule 1 clause 2(c); Kingston (inner) sector means the area within the Kingston aquaculture zone described in Schedule 1 clause 2(a); Kingston (outer) sector means the area within the Kingston aquaculture zone described in Schedule 1 clause 2(b); lease means an aquaculture lease; leased area, in an aquaculture zone or a sector in an aquaculture zone, means the total area in the zone or sector subject to 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 aquaculture zones and an aquaculture exclusion zone; and (ab) designates aquaculture zones as public call areas; 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.