Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

FISHERIES ACT 2000 - SECT 26

    (1)     In deciding whether to issue a commercial fishing licence, the conservator must consider—

        (a)     whether the applicant has been convicted, or found guilty, of an offence against this Act, the Nature Conservation Act 1980 , part 4, or a law of a State corresponding to this Act or that part; and

        (b)     the methods and fishing gear the applicant proposes to use to take fish; and

        (c)     the catch limit proposed by the applicant; and

        (d)     the waters where the applicant proposes to take fish; and

        (e)     the periods when the licence is proposed to be in force; and

        (f)     the potential effect on the relevant fisheries and the environment of issuing the licence.

    (2)     Subsection (1) does not limit the matters the conservator may consider in deciding whether to issue a commercial fishing licence.