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FISHERIES LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2016 (NO 23 OF 2016) - SECT 29

Section 47 amended

(1)     Section 47(1)

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    (1)     The Administrator may make regulations under this Act.

(2)     Section 47(2)

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all words from "Without" to "to"

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A regulation may make provision for or in relation to the following

(3)     After section 47(2)(a)

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    (ab)     managing a fishery, or a designated area within a fishery, through a quota system;

    (ac)     authorising the Minister to determine, by Gazette notice, any matter required for the operation of a quota system;

(4)     Section 47(2)(d)

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, package,

(5)     Section 47(2)(h)

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tenders

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tender vessels

(6)     Section 47(2)(k)

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fish, noxious aquatic life

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species

(7)     Section 47(2)(p)

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Territory of the Commonwealth

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Territory

(8)     After section 47(2)(q)

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    (qa)     fishing monitoring and vessel monitoring, including authorising the Director to require all holders of a class of licence or permit, or all owners of a class of registered vessel, to install and operate fishing monitoring equipment or a vessel monitoring system or both on a vessel;

(9)     Section 47(2)(t) and (w)

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authorizing

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authorising

(10)     Section 47(2)(w)

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fish; and

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fish.

(11)     Section 47(2)(y)

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(12)     Section 47(2), at the end

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Examples for subsection (2)(ac)

1     Total allowable catch.

2     The allocation of total allowable catch between licensees.

(13)     Section 47(5)

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moneys

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money

(14)     After section 47(5)

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    (5A)     The Regulations may deem a person to be in possession of fish in prescribed circumstances.

    (5B)     The Regulations may:

    (a)     subject to paragraph (b), for an offence against a regulation, prescribe a fine not exceeding 170 penalty units and, if the offence is a continuing one, prescribe a further fine not exceeding 4 penalty units for each day after the first day during which the offence has continued; and

    (b)     for an offence against a regulation that is an offence of strict liability, prescribe a penalty not exceeding 100 penalty units.



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