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Fisheries Act 1988
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14 Conditions of licence or permit
(1) A licence or permit may be granted subject to conditions imposed
by the Director relating to any of the following:
(a) areas;
(b) species;
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(c) quantities;
(d) methods;
(e) the use or non-use of vessels and the specific vessel or types
of vessels that may be used;
(f) types and amounts of fishing gear;
(g) harvesting or handling;
(h) specific ports or places where fish or aquatic life may be
landed;
(i) periods of time;
(j) fishing monitoring and vessel monitoring;
(k) any other matter the Director considers appropriate.
(2) However, the conditions to which a licence is subject must be
substantially the same for all licences for any management area or
Joint Authority fishery or in respect of the same class or species of
fish or aquatic life unless the Director is satisfied, on specified
grounds, that different conditions are reasonable.
(3) A condition imposed under subsection (1) must be stated on the
(4) A licence or permit is also subject to any conditions prescribed by
regulation.
(5) The Director may from time to time, by written notice to a licensee,
vary or revoke the conditions of the licence or permit or impose new
conditions.
(6) The Director may require a licensee to return the licence or permit
and, if so, the Director must issue a substitute licence or permit
containing the conditions as varied or imposed.
(b) the conduct results in a contravention of a condition of a
Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units.
(8) Strict liability applies to subsection (7)(b).
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