Victorian Current Acts

FISHERIES ACT 1995 - SECT 153H

    (1)     Before 1 April 2016, the Secretary must cancel the licence of any licence holder who—

        (a)     has elected to surrender their licence under section 153G(1); and

        (b)     in the case of a licence holder who is the holder of a Western Port/Port Phillip Bay Fishery Access Licence, has not successfully elected to retain their licence under section 153F.

S. 153H(2) amended by No. 68/2016 s. 147(1).

    (2)     In each of the following elections years until but not including the election year commencing 1 April 2021, the Victorian Fisheries Authority must cancel the licence of any licence holder who has elected to surrender their licence.

S. 153H(3) amended by No. 68/2016 s. 147(1).

    (3)     On or after 1 April 2021 and before 1 April 2022, the Victorian Fisheries Authority must cancel the licence of any remaining licence holder other than a licence holder who is entitled under section 153F(3) to retain their licence.

S. 153H(4) amended by No. 68/2016 s. 147(2).

    (4)     For the purposes of this section, the Secretary or the Victorian Fisheries Authority may specify a day on which the cancellation of a licence takes effect, being a day occurring before—

        (a)     the commencement of the following election year, in the case of the cancellation of a licence under subsection (1) or (2); or

        (b)     1 April 2022, in the case of a cancellation under subsection (3).

S. 153I inserted by No. 64/2015 s. 5.