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Fisheries Act 1988
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17 Special permits
(1) A person may apply to the Director for a special permit to do one or
more of the following things for a purpose mentioned in
subsection (2):
(a) take fish or aquatic life:
(i) of all species or a species specified in the permit; or
(ii) from any waters (including waters where fishing may for
the time being be prohibited or restricted) specified in the
permit; or
(iii) during a time specified in the permit; or
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(iv) using such fishing gear as may be specified in the permit
(whether or not the use of the fishing gear is otherwise
prohibited or restricted);
(b) possess fishing gear that the person is otherwise not
permitted to possess by or under this Act.
(2) For subsection (1), the purposes are:
(a) education, research or the carrying out of trials and
experiments with fishing vessels or fishing gear or any other
apparatus or technique that is capable of being used in
connection with the taking of fish or aquatic life; or
(b) sport or recreation in the case of a disabled person who, in the
opinion of the Director, would otherwise be unable, by reason
of the person's disability, to fish by the methods permitted by
this Act; or
(c) any other purpose approved by the Minister.
(3) After considering the application, the Director may grant a special
permit subject to any conditions the Director may, from time to time,
impose.
(4) All fish or aquatic life taken under a special permit must be
disposed of as the Director directs, or as may be specified in the
permit.
(5) A special permit granted for a purpose mentioned in
subsection (2)(a) may specify that fish taken under it may be sold.
(6) The Director may at any time revoke a special permit by giving
written notice to the holder.
(7) A person does not commit an offence against this Act if the person
does a thing in accordance with a special permit.