Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT 1991 - SECT 31E

             (1)  AFMA is to keep a Register of Statutory Fishing Rights Options (the Register ).

             (2)  The Register may be kept wholly or partly by use of a computer.

             (3)  If the Register is kept wholly or partly by use of a computer:

                     (a)  references in this Act to an entry in the Register include references to a record of particulars kept by use of a computer and comprising the Register or part of the Register; and

                     (b)  references in this Act to particulars being registered, or entered in the Register, include references to the keeping of a record of those particulars as part of the Register by use of the computer.

             (4)  The Register must, in relation to each statutory fishing rights option:

                     (a)  set out the name and address of the person who for the time being holds the option; and

                     (b)  contain such particulars as are necessary to identify the former plan whose revocation gave rise to the option; and

                     (c)  set out the number and class of statutory fishing rights to which the option relates; and

                     (d)  if the option has been exercised in respect of any statutory fishing rights--state the date of the exercise and the number and class of rights in respect of which the option has been exercised; and

                     (e)  if the option has lapsed in respect of any statutory fishing rights--state the date of the lapse and the number and class of rights in respect of which the option has lapsed.