Western Australian Consolidated Acts

CONSERVATION AND LAND MANAGEMENT ACT 1984 - SECT 13D

13D .         Preservation of certain licences and other instruments relating to fishing and pearling

        (1)         Sections 13A and 13B do not affect the validity of an authorisation under the Fish Resources Management Act 1994 or a licence or permit under the Pearling Act 1990  —

            (a)         which was issued or renewed before the commencement of section 10 of the Acts Amendment (Marine Reserves) Act 1997 ; or

            (b)         which authorises activity in relation to an area affected, after the issue or renewal of the authorisation, by a reservation under section 13 or by a notice under section 62.

        (2)         Sections 13A and 13B do not prohibit activities authorised in an area by an authorisation, licence or permit to which subsection (1) applies.

        (3)         Sections 13A and 13B do not affect the validity of an aquaculture lease under the Fish Resources Management Act 1994 or a farm lease under the Pearling Act 1990  —

            (a)         granted or renewed before the commencement of section 10 of the Acts Amendment (Marine Reserves) Act 1997 ; or

            (b)         granted or renewed in relation to an area which is affected, after the grant or renewal, by a reservation under section 13 or by a notice under section 62.

        (4)         Sections 13A and 13B do not prevent the annual renewal under section 27 of the Pearling Act 1990 of a farm lease to which subsection (3) applies, where the term specified in the lease has not expired.

        (5)         Sections 13A and 13B do not prevent —

            (a)         the renewal of an aquaculture licence under the Fish Resources Management Act 1994 , held by the holder of an aquaculture lease referred to in subsection (3), which authorises aquaculture activity in the area under the lease; or

            (b)         the renewal of —

                  (i)         a hatchery licence under the Pearling Act 1990 ; or

                  (ii)         a pearling licence under that Act, authorising the holder to carry out pearl culture techniques,

                held by the holder of a farm lease referred to in subsection (3), which authorises pearling activity in the area under the lease,

                and do not prohibit activities authorised by such a renewed licence in the area under the lease concerned.

        (6)         Sections 13A, 13B and 13C do not affect a management plan made under section 54 of the Fish Resources Management Act 1994  —

            (a)         which was made before the commencement of section 10 of the Acts Amendment (Marine Reserves) Act 1997 ; or

            (b)         which was made in relation to an area affected, after the making of the plan, by a reservation under section 13 or by a notice under section 62,

                except as they affect an authorisation issued in relation to the area under the management plan.

        (7)         Where a notice under section 19 of the Pearling Act 1990 , for the purposes of a holding site or dump site —

            (a)         was made before the commencement of section 10 of the Acts Amendment (Marine Reserves) Act 1997 ; or

            (b)         was made in relation to an area which is affected, after the making of the notice, by a reservation under section 13 or by a notice under section 62,

                the notice continues in force until repealed under section 19 of the Pearling Act 1990 , and sections 13A and 13B do not prohibit pearling activities in the area to which the notice applies that are not prohibited by the terms of the notice.

        [Section 13D inserted by No. 5 of 1997 s. 10.]