Victorian Current Acts

WILDLIFE ACT 1975 - SECT 83D

    (1)     The Secretary may grant a permit to a natural person authorising that person to conduct a whale swim tour—

        (a)     from the vessel specified in the permit; and

        (b)     in the limited permit area specified in the permit.

    (2)     The Secretary may refuse to grant a whale swim tour permit if the Secretary is satisfied that—

        (a)     the applicant has been found guilty of an offence against this Act or regulations under this Act; or

        (b)     the applicant has failed to comply with this Act or regulations under this Act or the conditions of a permit under this Division; or

        (c)     the applicant has been convicted of an offence against a law of the Commonwealth or of a State or a Territory of the Commonwealth relating to fauna, to the preservation, conservation and protection of whales or to the living natural resources of the continental shelf of Australia; or

        (d)     for any other reason it is not suitable for the permit to be granted.

S. 83E inserted by No. 3/2002 s. 18, substituted by No. 45/2008 s. 27.