Commonwealth Numbered Acts

FISHING LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1987 No. 176 of 1987 - SECT 5

5. Section 13 of the Principal Act is amended:
(a) by inserting in subsections (1A) and (2A) "a prohibition contained in"
after "but for";
(b) by omitting from subsections (1A) and (2A) "the notice" (wherever
occurring) and substituting "the prohibition";
(c) by omitting from subsections (1A) and (2A) "it so as to extend it" and
substituting "the licence so as to identify the notice and to extend the
licence";

   (d)  by inserting after subsection (2) the following subsection:

"(2AA) Without otherwise limiting the generality of subsection (2), the
Minister or the Secretary may refuse to grant a licence under that subsection
in respect of a ship 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 ship."; and

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

"(13) Nothing in this Act prevents the exercise of any of the powers 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.".