Commonwealth Numbered Acts

ANTARCTIC MARINE LIVING RESOURCES CONSERVATION ACT 1981 No. 30 of 1981 - SECT 9

9. (1) Subject to this section, upon application made to the Minister in
accordance with the prescribed form or, if no form is prescribed, a form
approved by him, the Minister may, in his discretion, grant to a person a
permit in writing authorizing the person, in, or in a specified part of, the
Convention area, to do either or both of the following:

   (a)  harvest marine organisms of a specified kind or kinds;

   (b)  carry out research with respect to marine organisms of a specified
        kind or kinds.

(2) A permit shall not be granted under sub-section (1) authorizing a person
to do an act, or an act included in a class of acts, that is prescribed for
the purposes of this sub-section.

(3) The Minister shall, in and in relation to the exercise of his powers under
this section, have due regard to the objective and principles of the
Convention.

(4) A permit granted under this section -

   (a)  is subject to such conditions (if any) as are specified in the permit
        or as are imposed in pursuance of sub-section (5) in respect of the
        permit;

   (b)  comes into force on a date specified in the permit or, if no date is
        so specified, on the date on which it is granted; and

   (c)  remains in force for such period as is specified in the permit.

(5) At any time while a permit is in force the Minister may, upon his own
motion or upon application made in accordance with sub-section (6), by notice
in writing served on the holder of the permit, vary or revoke a condition to
which the permit is subject or impose a further condition in respect of the
permit.

(6) The holder of a permit may make application in writing to the Minister for
the variation or revocation of a condition to which the permit is subject or
for the imposition of a further condition in respect of the permit.

(7) The Minister shall cause to be kept, in such manner and at such place or
places as he directs, a register of permits in force from time to time,
showing the purpose for which the permit was granted and the conditions (if
any) to which each permit is from time to time subject and such other matters
relating to each permit as the Minister thinks fit.

(8) Such fees as are prescribed are payable in respect of grants of permits.
(9) In this section, "grant" includes grant by way of renewal.