Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) If a person
applies to the CEO for the grant of an authorisation and —
(a) the
CEO is satisfied that the criteria specified in the relevant management plan
for the grant of the authorisation have been satisfied; and
(b) if a
procedure is specified in the plan for determining which persons are to be
granted authorisations, the person is selected in accordance with that
procedure,
the CEO may grant to
the person an authorisation.
(2) An authorisation
may authorise a person, or persons acting on that person’s behalf, to
engage in fishing or any fishing activity of a specified class in a managed
fishery or an interim managed fishery (as the case requires).
(3) The entitlement a
person has under an authorisation may be limited by reference to all or any of
the following —
(a) a
quantity of fish that may be taken;
(b) a
quantity of fishing gear that may be used or carried;
(c) a
boat, vehicle or aircraft, or a number of boats, vehicles or aircraft, or a
class or length of boat, vehicle or aircraft, that may be used;
(d) a
number of persons that may operate;
(e) an
area of land or waters;
(f) a
period of time;
(g) any
other factor.
(4) For the purposes
of subsection (3), the extent of an entitlement under an authorisation
may be expressed in terms of units of entitlement defined in the management
plan.
[Section 66 amended by No. 28 of 2006
s. 236(1).]