Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

FISHERIES ACT 2000 - SECT 27

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

        (a)     if the application is for a licence for research purposes—whether the Animal Welfare Act 1992 , part 4 would apply to the activity proposed to be undertaken under the licence and, if so, whether the activity has been authorised under that part; and

        (b)     if the application is for a licence for collection purposes—the methods and fishing gear proposed to be used by the applicant for taking fish and the species and number of fish proposed to be taken; and

        (c)     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 scientific licence.