For the purposes of section 52(1)(b) of the Act, the following provisions in this Division set out the conditions to which every Western Port/Port Phillip Bay Fishery Access Licence is subject.
Notes
1 In addition to the conditions set out in this Division, every Western Port/Port Phillip Bay Fishery Access Licence is subject to—
(a) any condition expressed or referred to in the licence by the Victorian Fisheries Authority under section 52(1)(a) of the Act; and
(b) the conditions applying to that class of licence set out in Divisions 4, 5 and 6 of Part 2.
2 Under section 53 of the Act, the holder of a licence or a person who does a thing on behalf of a licence holder, must comply with any condition to which the licence is subject. A contravention of that section may attract a maximum penalty of 50 penalty units and, in the case of an offence involving a priority species or breach of a designated licence condition, a maximum penalty of 100 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment or both.
3 Under regulation 463, the holder of a licence may apply to the Victorian Fisheries Authority for an exemption from a specified condition of the licence.
Reg. 275 revoked by S.R. No. 161/2021
reg. 23.
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