Victorian Current Acts

FISHERIES ACT 1995 - SECT 153T

    (1)     A person is exempt from section 36(2) in respect of the possession of commercial fishing equipment if—

        (a)     the person formerly held a Gippsland Lakes Fishery Access Licence that was cancelled on 1 April 2020—for a period of 12 months after that date; or

        (b)     the person formerly held a Gippsland Lakes Fishery Access Licence that was cancelled on 1 April 2021—for a period of 12 months after that date.

    (2)     An exemption under subsection (1) does not apply to a person unless—

        (a)     the person possessed the commercial fishing equipment in the course of carrying out activities under a Gippsland Lakes Fishery Access Licence before it was cancelled under this Division; and

        (b)     the person has evidence of the person's ownership of the commercial fishing equipment immediately before 1 April 2020 or 1 April 2021 (as the case requires).

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