New South Wales Consolidated Acts

FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT 1994 - SECT 34C

34C Recreational fishers required to pay fishing fee

(1) A fishing fee is payable by all recreational fishers, unless exempted by or under this section.

(2) A fisher is exempt from paying a fishing fee:

(a) if the fisher is under 18 years of age, or

(b) if the fisher is of or over 18 years of age and is only assisting a fisher under 18 years of age to take fish by means of a single rod or line, or

(c) if the fisher holds a licence, permit or other authority under this Act or the regulations and is taking fish in accordance with that licence, permit or other authority, or

(d) if the fisher is engaging in recreational fishing activities that are exempt from payment of a fishing fee by virtue of a fishing fee exemption certificate that is in force, or

(e) if the fisher is taking fish from water subject to an aquaculture permit and is taking fish to which the permit relates, or

(f) if the fisher is an Aboriginal person and:

(i) is taking fish from freshwater, or

(ii) is taking fish from other waters pursuant to a native title right or interest that is the subject of an approved determination of native title or of a claim entered on the Register of Native Title Claims (within the meaning of the Native Title Act 1993 of the Commonwealth), or

(g) if the fisher is taking fish from an aquarium, or from a body of water of a class exempted by the regulations, or

(h) if the fisher is a fisher of a class exempted by the regulations.

(3) The regulations may require recreational fishers to produce evidence that they are exempt from paying a fishing fee.