FISHERIES ACT 1994 - SECT 241
Continuing effect of existing licences or permits
FISHERIES ACT 1994 - SECT 241
Continuing effect of existing licences or permits
241 Continuing effect of existing licences or permits
(1) This section applies to the following authorities in force immediately
before the commencement of this section or issued under section 252—
(a) an
aquaculture licence other than an aquaculture licence for harvesting wild
oysters from foreshores;
(b) a permit for the performance of works in a
declared fish habitat area;
(c) a permit for the removal, destruction or
damage of marine plants.
(2) From the commencement, the authority has effect
as if—
(a) the authority were a development permit, for which the chief
executive was the assessment manager, for—
(i) if the authority is an
aquaculture licence—a material change of use of premises; or
(ii) if the
authority is a permit for the performance of works in a declared fish habitat
area or for the removal, destruction or damage of marine plants—operational
works; and
(b) the conditions of the authority, to the extent they relate to
development, were conditions of the development permit; and
(c) the term of
the authority were the currency period of the development permit; and
(d) if
the development under a development permit would, if the development permit
was applied for after the commencement, require a resource allocation
authority for Queensland waters, unallocated tidal land or declared fish
habitat area—
(i) the relevant resource allocation authority for the
development had been issued; and
(ii) the conditions of the authority, to the
extent they relate to the use of a declared fish habitat area, Queensland
waters or unallocated tidal land, were conditions of the resource allocation
authority; and
(iii) the term of the authority were the term of the resource
allocation authority.
Editor’s note—
See section 76B for developments
that require a resource allocation authority.
(3) However, subsection (2)
applies only to authorise the holder of the authority to carry out activities
for which an authority mentioned in subsection (1) could have been granted
under the unamended Act .
(4) If the currency period does not end within 6
months after the commencement, the chief executive must, as soon as
practicable, issue the holder of the authority—
(a) a development permit;
and
(b) if the development under a development permit would, if the
development permit was applied for after the commencement, require a resource
allocation authority for Queensland waters, unallocated tidal land or declared
fish habitat area—a relevant resource allocation authority for the
development.
(5) A development permit or resource allocation authority issued
under subsection (4) must state—
(a) for the permit—the currency period
for, and conditions of, the permit; or
(b) for the authority—the term and
conditions of the authority.