Fisheries Act 2000

Number: A2000-38
Status: In Force

Notes

For infringement notice offences under this Act see Magistrates Court (Fisheries Infringement Notices) Regulation 2004^[1]

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Notes

Proposed amendments by Environment Legislation Amendment Bill 2025^[5].

Effective	Files/Formats	Version	Published	Notes
15 May 2025	HTML PDF Word	R24	15 May 2025	Republication for amendments by A2024-11^[6]

Administering Minister and Directorate

Minister for Climate Change, Environment, Energy and Water - Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate

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Legislative instruments

Legislative instruments under the Act and its subordinate laws

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Name	Type	Under	Effective	Year and No
Fisheries Regulation 2001^[7]	Subordinate laws	s 116	18 November 2019	SL2001-29
Fisheries (Fees) Determination 2024^[8]	Disallowable instruments	s 114	1 July 2024	DI2024-123
Fisheries (Fishing Closures) Declaration 2022^[9]	Disallowable instruments	s 13	24 September 2022	DI2022-222
Fisheries (Fishing Gear) Declaration 2020^[10]	Disallowable instruments	s 17	15 May 2020	DI2020-113
Fisheries (Recreational Fishing) Declaration 2022^[11]	Disallowable instruments	s 15 and s 16	24 September 2022	DI2022-221
Fisheries (Records) Direction 2006 (No 1)^[12]	Notifiable instruments	s 46	1 December 2006	NI2006-425
Fisheries Delegation 2014 (No 1)^[13]	Notifiable instruments	s 109	25 August 2014	NI2014-410

Point-in-time versions

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The following table lists 24 point in time versions. You can skip this and jump to the next tab.
Effective	Files/Formats	Version	Published	Notes
15 May 2025	HTML PDF Word	R24	15 May 2025	Republication for amendments by A2024-11^[6]
27 November 2023 - 14 May 2025	HTML PDF Word	R23	27 November 2023	Republication for amendments by A2023-36^[14]
19 November 2023 - 26 November 2023	HTML PDF Word	R22	19 November 2023	Republication for expiry of transitional provisions (pt 13)
24 August 2022 - 18 November 2023	HTML PDF Word	R21	24 August 2022	Republication for amendments by A2022-14^[15]
23 June 2021 - 23 August 2022	HTML PDF Word	R20	23 June 2021	Republication for amendments by A2021-12^[16]
11 June 2020 - 22 June 2021	HTML PDF Word	R19	11 June 2020	Republication for amendments by A2020-22^[17]
18 November 2019 - 10 June 2020	HTML PDF Word	R18	18 November 2019	Republication for amendments by A2019-27^[18]
23 October 2018 - 17 November 2019	HTML PDF Word	R17	23 October 2018	Republication for amendments by A2018-33^[19]
14 October 2015 - 22 October 2018	HTML PDF Word	R16	14 October 2015	Republication for amendments by A2015-33^[20]
11 June 2015 - 13 October 2015	HTML PDF Word	R15	11 June 2015	Republication for amendments by A2014-59^[21]
22 February 2013 - 10 June 2015	HTML PDF Word	R14	22 February 2013	Republication for amendments by A2013-4^[22]
17 December 2009 - 21 February 2013	HTML PDF Word	R13	17 December 2009	Republication for amendments by A2009-49^[23]
2 February 2009 - 16 December 2009	HTML PDF Word	R12*	2 February 2009	Republication for amendments by A2008-37^[24]
12 April 2007 - 1 February 2009	HTML PDF Word	R11	12 April 2007	Republication for amendments by A2007-3^[25]
29 November 2006 - 11 April 2007	HTML PDF Word	R10	29 November 2006	Republication for amendments by A2006-48^[26]
24 November 2005 - 28 November 2006	HTML PDF Word	R9	24 November 2005	Republication for amendments by A2005-54^[27]
9 April 2004 - 23 November 2005	HTML PDF Word	R8	9 April 2004	Republication for amendments by A2004-15^[28]
10 December 2003 - 8 April 2004	HTML PDF Word	R7	10 December 2003	Republication for amendments by A2003-41^[29]
9 October 2003 - 9 December 2003	HTML PDF Word	R6	9 October 2003	Republication for amendments by A2003-41^[29]
17 September 2002 - 8 October 2003	HTML PDF Word	R5	23 September 2002	Republication for amendments by A2002-30^[30]
28 May 2002 - 16 September 2002	HTML PDF Word	R4	30 May 2002	Republication for amendments by A2002-11^[31]
31 December 2001 - 27 May 2002	HTML PDF Word	R3	10 January 2002	Republication for commenced expiry
12 September 2001 - 30 December 2001	HTML PDF Word	R2	30 November 2001	Republication for amendments by A2001-44^[32]
30 September 2000 - 11 September 2001	HTML PDF Word	R1 (RI)	26 May 2008	Republication for new Act Reissued electronic republication of printed version
13 September 2000	HTML PDF Word	As notified	20 July 2000

Law history

Bill and Explanatory statement

The bill and explanatory statement for this Act are accessed from Fisheries Bill 2000^[33].

Notification statement

The Fisheries Act 2000 was notified in the Gazette on 20 July 2000 (Gaz 2000 No 29).

(Parliamentary Counsel)

Act as notified

Date notified	Effective	Files/Formats
20 July 2000	13 September 2000	HTML PDF Word

Commencement

Provision	Commencement date	Commencement method
s 1, s 2	20 July 2000	IA^[34], s 10B
remainder	13 September 2000	Gaz 2000 No 35

Expiries

Provision	Expiry date	Expiry method
pt 13	18 November 2023 (midnight)	s 125
s 119, s 120	31 December 2001 (midnight)	s 120 (3)

Amendments

For section-by-section amendment annotations, see the amendment history in the endnotes in the current version of this law.

Year and number	Amending law	Amending provision	Commencement date
A2024-11^[6]	Biosecurity Legislation Amendment Act 2024	sch 2 pt 2.7, sch 3 pt 3.6	15 May 2025
A2023-36^[14]	Planning (Consequential Amendments) Act 2023	sch 1 pt 1.27	27 November 2023
A2022-14^[15]	Statute Law Amendment Act 2022	sch 3 pt 3.16	24 August 2022
A2021-12^[16]	Statute Law Amendment Act 2021	sch 3 pt 3.18	23 June 2021
A2020-22^[17]	Planning and Environment Legislation Amendment Act 2020	pt 5	11 June 2020
A2019-27^[18]	Fisheries Legislation Amendment Act 2019	pt 2	18 November 2019
A2018-33^[19]	Red Tape Reduction Legislation Amendment Act 2018	sch 1 pt 1.15	23 October 2018
A2015-33^[35]	Red Tape Reduction Legislation Amendment Act 2015	sch 1 pt 1.28	14 October 2015
A2014-59^[36]	Nature Conservation Act 2014	sch 2 pt 2.7	11 June 2015
A2013-4^[37]	Directors Liability Legislation Amendment Act 2013	sch 1 pt 1.3	22 February 2013
A2009-49^[38]	Statute Law Amendment Act 2009 (No 2)	sch 3 pt 3.32	17 December 2009
A2008-37^[39]	ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal Legislation Amendment Act 2008 (No 2)	sch 1 pt 1.43	2 February 2009
A2007-3^[40]	Statute Law Amendment Act 2007	sch 3 pt 3.46	12 April 2007
A2006-48^[41]	Fisheries Amendment Act 2006	ss 4-23	29 November 2006
A2005-54^[42]	Criminal Code Harmonisation Act 2005	sch 1 pt 1.21	24 November 2005
A2004-15^[43]	Criminal Code (Theft, Fraud, Bribery and Related Offences) Amendment Act 2004	sch 1 pt 1.16, sch 2 pt 2.37	9 April 2004
A2003-41^[44]	Statute Law Amendment Act 2003	amdt 3.266, amdt 3.269	10 December 2003
A2003-41^[44]	Statute Law Amendment Act 2003	amdts 3.260-3.265, 3.267, 3.268, 3.270	9 October 2003
A2002-30^[45]	Statute Law Amendment Act 2002	sch 3 pt 3.29	17 September 2002
A2002-11^[46]	Legislation Amendment Act 2002	pt 2.22	28 May 2002
A2001-44^[47]	Legislation (Consequential Amendments) Act 2001	pt 155	12 September 2001

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