Victorian Current Acts

WILDLIFE ACT 1975 - SECT 83GC

    (1)     Where a limited permit area determination has been made for an area determining a maximum number of whale watching tour permits or whale swim tour permits that may be in force in the area, the Secretary may, on or after the making of the determination, determine—

        (a)     that a number of such permits are available to be applied for for the area; and

        (b)     that applications are to be invited for the permits.

    (2)     The Secretary must not determine such a number of permits under subsection (1)(a) as would cause the maximum number of such permits that may be in force in the area to be exceeded.

    (3)     The Secretary must give notice of a determination under subsection (1) inviting applications for the permits that are to be granted.

    (4)     A notice under subsection (3) must be published in the Government Gazette and in a newspaper circulating generally in the area to which the determination relates.

    (5)     A notice under subsection (3) may—

        (a)     specify whether the fee to be paid for any permit to which the determination applies is to be determined by tender or is to be a prescribed fee; and

        (b)     specify the number of permits that are available to be applied for; and

        (c)     specify the maximum number of the permits that the Secretary has determined may be in force for the area, as specified in the limited permit area determination under section 83F(2); and

        (d)     specify the maximum number of trips that may be conducted each day under each permit and any other relevant matters in relation to the carrying out of activities under each permit; and

        (e)     specify the procedures to be followed and the information that must be given in making an application for a permit; and

        (f)     specify the date by which applications for such permits must be lodged with the Secretary; and

        (g)     specify the criteria which will be used to assess applications for permits; and

        (h)     specify whether or not the holders of existing permits in the area may apply for permits specified in the notice.

S. 83GD inserted by No. 45/2008 s. 27.