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FISHERIES ACT 2000

FISHERIES ACT 2000


TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Name of Act  
   3.      Objects  
   4.      Dictionary  
   4A.     Notes  
   4B.     Offences against Act—application of Criminal Code etc  

   PART 2--FISHERIES MANAGEMENT PLAN

   5.      Meaning of fisheries management plan  
   6.      Preparation and public consultation  
   7.      Approval of plan  
   8.      Minister to approve plan  
   9.      Minister's direction to revise plan  
   10.     Minor amendments to plan  
   11.     Review of plan  
   12.     Fisheries management plan—conservator to implement  

   PART 3--FISHING CLOSURES AND DECLARATIONS

   13.     Fishing closures  
   14.     Declaration of noxious fish  
   15.     Declaration of fish of prohibited size or weight  
   16.     Declaration of fish quantity  
   16A.    Declaration of possession limit  
   17.     Declaration of fishing gear  
   18.     Declaration of exempt species  
   18A.    Declaration of critical habitat  

   PART 4--FISHERIES LICENCES

           Division 4.1--Licences—preliminary

   19.     Meaning of fisheries licence  
   20.     Meaning of recreational group licence  

           Division 4.2--Licences—application and suitability

   21.     Application  
   22.     Recreational group licence application  
   23.     Who is a suitable person to hold a fisheries  
   24.     Meaning of suitability information about a person—pt 4  
   25.     Suitability of people—further information about people  
   26.     What is a suitable activity for a fisheries licence?  
   27.     What is suitability information about an activity?  
   28.     Suitability of activities—further information about activity  
   29.     Suitability of activities—risk management plan  

           Division 4.3--Licences—decision

   30.     Licence—decision on application  
   31.     Licence—conditions  
   32.     Licence—term  
   33.     Licence—form  

           Division 4.4--Licences—amendment

   34.     Licence—amendment initiated by conservator  
   35.     Licence—application to amend licence  
   36.     Licence—decision on application to amend licence  
   36A.    Licence—replacing when lost, stolen or destroyed  
   36B.    Licence—surrender  
   36C.    Offence—fail to notify change of name or address  
   36D.    Licence—conservator to change name and address  

           Division 4.5--Licences—regulatory action

   36E.    Application—div 4.5  
   36F.    Licence—grounds for regulatory action  
   36G.    Licence—regulatory action  
   36H.    Licence—taking regulatory action  
   36I.    Licence—immediate suspension  
   36J.    Licence—effect of suspension  
   36K.    Offence—fail to return amended, suspended or cancelled licences  
   36L.    Action by conservator in relation to amended or suspended licence  

           Division 4.6--Licence—register

   36M.    Fisheries licence register  
   36N.    Licence register—correction and keeping up-to-date  
   36O.    Offence—fail to keep records  

   PART 5--COMMERCIAL DEALING

           Division 5.1--Fish dealers

   37.     Fish dealers to be registered  
   38.     Application for registration  
   39.     Decision on application  
   40.     Term of registration  
   41.     Suspension of registration  
   42.     Cancellation of registration  
   43.     Register of dealers  
   44.     Inspection of register  

           Division 5.2--Commercial fishers

   45.     Sale of fish by commercial fishers  

   PART 6--AQUACULTURE

   46.     Meaning of aquaculture  
   47.     Aquaculture guidelines  
   48.     Aquaculture limit  
   49.     Aquaculture offences  

   PART 7--ENFORCEMENT

           Division 7.1A--Fisheries officers

   50.     Appointment  
   51.     Identity cards  
   52.     Fisheries officer must show identity card on exercising power  

           Division 7.1--Powers for places

   53.     Meaning of occupier for div 7.1  
   54.     Power to enter premises  
   54A.    Production of identity card  
   55.     Consent to entry  
   56.     Routine inspection of business premises  
   57.     Warrants to enter  
   58.     Warrants—application made other than in person  
   59.     General powers on entry to premises  
   60.     Powers on entry for routine inspection of business premises  
   61.     Powers on entry under a warrant  
   63.     Entry into waters, and along banks etc  

           Division 7.2--Other powers

   64.     Direction to provide information  
   65.     Offence—fail to comply with information direction  
   66.     Immediate information direction  
   67.     Direction to stop vehicle containing fish etc  
   68.     Offence—fail to comply with stop vehicle direction  
   69.     Direction to remove gear from water  
   70.     Urgent directions  
   71.     Offence—fail to comply with urgent direction  
   72.     Authorised person's directions  
   72A.    Offence—fail to comply with authorised person's direction  
   72B.    Treatment directions  
   72C.    Offence—fail to comply with treatment direction  
   72D.    Power to seize things  
   72E.    Receipt for things seized  
   72F.    Moving things to another place for examination or processing under search  
   72G.    Access to things seized  
   72H.    Return of things seized  

           Division 7.3--Miscellaneous

   72I.    Damage etc to be minimised  
   72J.    Compensation for exercise of enforcement powers  

   PART 8--OFFENCES

           Division 8.1A--Preliminary

   73.     Exempt conduct—pt 8  

           Division 8.1--Unauthorised activities

   74.     Taking fish for sale without licence etc  
   75.     Taking fish contrary to licence  
   76.     Importing or exporting live fish without authority  
   76A.    Trafficking in commercial quantity of fish of priority species  
   76B.    Taking commercial quantity of fish of priority species  
   76C.    Possessing commercial quantity of fish of priority species  
   77.     Possessing fish obtained illegally  
   78.     Noxious fish  
   79.     Release of fish  

           Division 8.2--General offences

   80.     Fishing closure offences  
   81.     Prohibited size and weight offences  
   82.     Offence—exceed quantity limit  
   82A.    Offence—exceed possession limit  
   83.     Beheading or filleting fish  
   84.     Use of live fin fish as bait etc  

           Division 8.3--Offences in relation to fishing gear

   85.     Use of fishing gear generally  
   86.     Non-permitted fishing gear  
   86A.    Offence—use prohibited gear  
   86B.    Offence—prohibited gear retail display  
   87.     Use and possession of commercial fishing gear  

           Division 8.4--Protection of aquatic habitats

   88.     Meaning of aquatic habitat  
   88A.    Spawning areas and aquatic habitat  

   PART 10--NOTIFICATION AND REVIEW OF DECISIONS

   107.    Meaning of reviewable decision—pt 10  
   108.    Reviewable decision notices  
   108A.   Applications for review  

   PART 11--MISCELLANEOUS

   109.    Delegation  
   110.    Acts and omissions of representatives  
   111.    Criminal liability of executive officers  
   111A.   Evidentiary certificates  
   112.    Production of licences  
   113.    Minister's guidelines  
   113A.   Conservator guidelines  
   114.    Determination of fees  
   116.    Regulation-making power  
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           DICTIONARY
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