4. Lawful authority
(1) The Executive Director may, by written notice, authorise a person to do an act that would, but for that notice, be unlawful under these regulations.
(2) A notice under subregulation (1) may be expressed to operate in specified circumstances, for a specified period or subject to any specified condition and may be amended or revoked by the Executive Director.
(3) In order to avoid any doubt and without limiting the meaning of the expression }without lawful authority~, it is declared that, for the purposes of these regulations, an act is done without lawful authority if it is done ¾
(a) in contravention of any term or condition of a contract, permit, lease, licence, notice or other authority under the Act or these regulations;
(b) in contravention of any term or condition of a licence or other authority under the Wildlife Conservation Act 1950;
(c) in contravention of a direction or authority under the Agriculture and Related Resources Protection Act 1976; or
(d) in contravention of a direction or authority under the Fish Resources Management Act 1994.