AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
SEAWEED PROTECTION ORDINANCE (NO. 2) 1974

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
No. 51 of 1974

		The proposed Seaweed Protection Ordinance (No. 2) 1974 will amend the Seaweed Protection Ordinance 1974 to provide a further defence to a prosecution for an offence against the Ordinance if the seaweed which is removed or possessed is not of reasonably sufficient quantity to enable the seaweed to be used for commercial purposes.
		The proposed Ordinance will restrict the application of the Ordinance to seaweed of the species “Gracilaria confervoides”.
		These amendments overcome the objections of the Senate Standing Committee on Regulations and Ordinances to the Seaweed Protection Ordinance 1974.

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