Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery Management Plan 2005
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(1) This section ceases to have effect on the day specified in a notice published in the Gazette under subsection (2).
(2) As soon as practicable after the first SFRs granted under this Management Plan come into effect, AFMA must publish a notice in the Gazette stating that this section ceases to have effect on a day specified in the notice.
(3) The day specified in a notice under subsection (2) must not be earlier than the day on which the notice is published.
(4) Despite section 16, a person may engage in fishing in the fishery if:
(a) the person holds a fishing permit authorising fishing in the fishery; and
(b) the permit is in force.
(5) This Management Plan does not affect a fishing permit that authorises fishing in the fishery, or a condition to which the permit is subject.
(6) However, subsection (5) does not affect AFMA’s power to give a direction under section 12.
(7) This Management Plan does not prevent AFMA from granting or transferring a fishing permit that authorises fishing in the fishery.