WILDLIFE ACT 1975 - SECT 102 Transitional provision, mandatory cancellation of licence—Game Management Authority Act 2014

WILDLIFE ACT 1975 - SECT 102

    (1)     This section applies if, before the commencement day, the Secretary—

        (a)     has, under section 25A(2), notified the holder of—

              (i)     a licence issued under section 22 in the prescribed category of Game Bird Farmer Licence; or

              (ii)     a game licence—

that the Secretary proposes to cancel that licence; and

        (b)     has not made a decision in accordance with section 25A.

    (2)     On and after the commencement day, section 25A continues to apply as in force immediately before that day until the Secretary makes a decision under that section and notifies the licence holder of that decision.

    (3)     A decision made by the Secretary on or after the commencement day under section 25A as in force immediately before that day, is taken to be a decision made by the Game Management Authority.

    (4)     In this section—

"commencement day" means the day on which section 34 of the Game Management Authority Act 2014 comes into operation;

"Game Bird Farmer Licence" means a Game Bird Farm Licence within the meaning of the Wildlife Regulations 2013.

S. 103 inserted by No. 24/2014 s. 75.