Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT 1991 - SECT 20

             (1)  AFMA may at any time amend a plan of management.

             (2)  If AFMA amends a plan of management, it must:

                     (a)  give written notification of that fact to each person who is the holder of a statutory fishing right granted in accordance with the plan; and

                     (b)  inform the person where copies of the amended plan may be obtained.

             (3)  AFMA may revoke a plan of management.

             (4)  Where a plan of management for a fishery is revoked under subsection (3), statutory fishing rights, fishing permits, foreign fishing licences, scientific permits, foreign master fishing licences and fish receiver permits granted by AFMA that relate to the fishery cease to have effect in relation to the fishery.

             (5)  Sections 17, 18 and 19 apply in relation to an amendment of a plan of management and the revocation of a plan of management in the same way as they apply to a plan of management prepared under section 17.