Victorian Consolidated Regulations

FISHERIES REGULATIONS 2019 - REG 21

For the purposes of section 39(3) of the Act, the following classes of access licence are specified—

        (a)     Giant Crab Fishery (Western Zone) Access Licence;

        (b)     Pipi Fishery Access Licence;

        (c)     Purse Seine (Ocean) Fishery Access Licence;

        (d)     Rock Lobster Fishery (Eastern Zone) Access Licence;

        (e)     Rock Lobster Fishery (Western Zone) Access Licence;

        (f)     Scallop (Ocean) Fishery Access Licence;

        (g)     Trawl (Inshore) Fishery Access Licence;

Notes

1     Section 39(3) of the Act provides that the holder of an access licence of a class specified by the regulations for the purposes of that subsection must not use a boat to carry out any of the fishing activities authorised by the licence unless the licence permits the use of that boat and states the registration number of the boat. The maximum penalty for a contravention of section 39(3) of the Act is 200 penalty units or 12 months imprisonment or both.

2     Under regulation 152, any boat used by the holder of an access licence to carry out any of the fishing activities authorised by the licence must be registered.

Subdivision 2—Maximum numbers of access licences