Commonwealth Numbered Acts

FISHING LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1987 No. 176 of 1987 - SECT 18

18. Section 9 of the Principal Act is amended:

   (a)  by inserting after subsection (3) the following subsection:

"(3AA) Without otherwise limiting the generality of subsections (2) and (3),
the Minister or the Secretary may refuse to grant a licence under either of
those subsections in respect of a boat if the Minister or the Secretary, as
the case may be, has reason to believe that a requirement of a law of the
Commonwealth, or of a State or Territory, has not been complied with in
relation to the boat.";
(b) by inserting in subsection (4) "a prohibition contained in" after
"prohibited by";

   (c)  by adding at the end of subparagraph (5) (c) (i) "or, if regulations
        for the purposes of this subparagraph specify a different period in
        relation to all licences to which this subparagraph applies, or in
        relation to a class of those licences that includes the licence, a day
        in the period so specified";

   (d)  by adding at the end of paragraph (6) (a) "or, if regulations for the
        purposes of this paragraph specify a different period in relation to
        all licences to which this paragraph applies, or in relation to a
        class of those licences that includes the licence, a day in the period
        so specified"; and

   (e)  by adding at the end the following subsection:

"(12) Nothing in this Act prevents the exercise of any of the powers, whether
express or implied, of a person under this section (other than powers of the
Minister or the Secretary) by another person having authority as agent,
trustee or otherwise to exercise that power or powers that include that
power.".