FISH RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ACT 1994 - SECT 7

FISH RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ACT 1994 - SECT 7

7 .         Exemptions from Act, grant of by Minister

        (1)         The Minister may, by instrument in writing, exempt a specified person or specified class of persons from all or any of the provisions of this Act.

        (2)         The Minister may only grant an exemption under subsection (1) for one or more of these purposes —

            (a)         research;

            (b)         environmental protection;

            (c)         public safety;

            (d)         public health;

            (e)         commercial purposes;

            (f)         community education about and compliance with this Act;

            (g)         enforcement of this Act.

        [(3)         deleted]

        (4)         An application for an exemption —

            (a)         may be made to the Minister; and

            (b)         must be in a form approved for that purpose by the CEO; and

            (c)         must be accompanied by the prescribed fee (if any).

        (5)         An exemption may be granted subject to such conditions as the Minister thinks fit and specifies in the instrument.

        (6)         The Minister may, if he or she thinks fit, by further instrument in writing —

            (a)         vary or revoke an exemption; or

            (b)         delete, vary or add to any conditions imposed in relation to that exemption.

        (7)         A person must not contravene a condition of an exemption.

        Penalty: In the case of an individual, $10 000 or, in the case of a body corporate, $20 000.

        [Section 7 amended: No. 28 of 2006 s. 236(1); No. 43 of 2011 s. 7.]