This Notice, consisting of nine sections and three Schedules, establishes the following matters: the harvest period for a harvest macropod starts, for each harvest zone and harvest region, on 1 January 2019 and ends at the end of: (a) if the chief executive has published a notice under subsection (2) for the harvest macropod for the harvest zone or harvest region—the day stated in the notice; or (b) otherwise—31 December 2019. The chief executive may publish a notice stating the harvest period for a harvest macropod for a harvest zone or harvest region ends on a stated day, before 31 December 2019, if the chief executive is satisfied— (a) the relevant maximum amount for the harvest macropod in the harvest zone or harvest region will be taken in 2019 by the stated day; or (b) it is necessary to end the harvest period for the harvest macropod for the harvest zone or harvest region on the stated day because an event has reduced or is likely to reduce the population size for the macropod in the zone or region.