Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) In this section
—
notice means a notice given under subsection (2)
and includes a notice amended under subsection (5).
(2) The CEO may, by
notice in writing, require a person who is the holder of an authorisation to
undertake activities regulated under an ARUP to provide surety for the
authorisation if the person is charged with, or convicted of, an offence
against —
(a) this
Act; or
(b) a
written law other than this Act if the offence relates to the fishing,
aquaculture, fishing tour or aquatic eco-tourism industries; or
(c) a
law of the Commonwealth, or of another State or a Territory, relating to the
management or regulation of aquatic resources.
(3) A notice must
specify —
(a) the
form and amount of the surety; and
(b) the
day on, or before which, the surety is to be provided.
(4) For the purposes
of subsection (3)(a) —
(a) the
form of the surety must be a form specified in the relevant ARUP; and
(b) the
amount of surety must not be —
(i)
less than the minimum amount specified in the relevant
ARUP; or
(ii)
more than the maximum amount specified in the relevant
ARUP.
(5) The CEO may, by
notice in writing, amend or revoke a notice given under subsection (2).
(6) If a person
required by a notice to provide surety for an authorisation does not provide
the surety on or before the specified day, the authorisation is suspended for
the period —
(a)
commencing on the day after the specified day; and
(b)
ending on —
(i)
the day on which surety is provided; or
(ii)
if the notice is earlier revoked, on the day on which the
notice is revoked.