Western Australian Current Regulations

FISH RESOURCES MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS 1995 - REG 131

131 .         Grounds for refusal of transfer of authorisations etc. prescribed (Act s. 140(2)(b))

        (1)         The CEO may, under section 140(2)(b) of the Act, refuse to transfer an authorisation or part of an entitlement under an authorisation on the grounds that —

            (a)         the proposed transferor or transferee has not provided information, or further information, required by the CEO for a proper consideration of the application, or has refused to verify such information by statutory declaration; or

            (b)         where the authorisation is held in respect of a boat, the boat is unseaworthy, lost or destroyed; or

            (ba)         where the holder has 2 or more authorisations and all of those authorisations are not simultaneously being transferred to the same transferee, in the opinion of the CEO, it is not in the best interests of the fishery to transfer the authorisation; or

            (c)         the holder has not used the authorisation in the previous 2 years; or

            (d)         the holder has been convicted of an offence against —

                  (i)         the Act or these regulations; or

                  (ii)         a written law other than this Act if the offence relates to the fishing industry; or

                  (iii)         a law of the Commonwealth, or of another State or Territory, relating to the management or regulation of fish resources;

                or

            (e)         in the opinion of the CEO, a condition of the authorisation has been contravened; or

            (f)         the authorisation was obtained by fraud or misrepresentation; or

            (g)         the holder has —

                  (i)         failed to keep any record, or submit any return, that is required to be kept or submitted under this Act; or

                  (ii)         made an entry or statement in such a record or return that is false or misleading in a material particular;

                or

            (h)         a fee, charge or levy payable in respect of the authorisation has not been paid when it became due; or

                  (i)         the transfer would contravene a condition of the authorisation or be contrary to a provision of a management plan; or

            (j)         a conviction has been recorded in respect of the authorisation under section 224(1) of the Act.

        (2)         For the purposes of subregulation (1)(j), a conviction is taken to have been recorded in respect of an authorisation if —

            (a)         a conviction has been recorded in respect of another authorisation under section 224(1) of the Act; and

            (b)         the other authorisation ceases to have effect because the management plan in respect of which it was granted is revoked or expired; and

            (c)         the holding of the other authorisation was a fact that the CEO took into account when granting the authorisation.

        [Regulation 131 amended: Gazette 29 Jun 2001 p. 3175; 6 Jul 2007 p. 3389; 9 Sep 2014 p. 3239-40.]