(1) This section applies if, before the commencement day—
(a) the holder of an access licence, a fish receiver licence or any prescribed class of renewable licence has made an application to the Secretary under section 57(1); and
(b) the Secretary has not made a decision to refuse or grant the application.
(2) On and after the commencement day, the Victorian Fisheries Authority must determine the application.
S. 198I inserted by No. 68/2016 s. 151.