Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT 1991 - SECT 23

             (1)  Where AFMA or a Joint Authority makes a decision as to the person or persons to whom the grant of a fishing right in a managed fishery is to be made, not being a grant or grants to be made after:

                     (a)  the holding of an auction in respect of the grant; or

                     (b)  the calling of tenders in respect of the grant;

the following provisions of this section apply.

             (2)  AFMA or the Joint Authority, as the case may be, by notice published in the Gazette , must set out the name of the person or persons to whom the fishing rights are to be granted and a summary of the fishing rights to be granted to each such person.

             (3)  A grant of a fishing right must not be made to such a person:

                     (a)  before the end of the period within which, under section 143, applications to the Panel may be made for review of the decision in relation to the grant; or

                     (b)  if an application in relation to the decision is made to the Panel under section 143--before the application is dealt with by the Panel or otherwise disposed of.