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Fisheries Act 1994
sec.73Registers of authorities and fisheries development approvals
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### sec.73 Registers of authorities and fisheries development approvals
The chief executive must keep a register of—
authorities issued by the chief executive; and
fisheries development approvals.
The register must contain the particulars prescribed by regulation and may include other particulars decided by the chief executive.
Within 21 days after a change in circumstances prescribed by regulation, the holder of an authority must give the chief executive written particulars of the change in the approved form.
Maximum penalty—300 penalty units.
A person may, on payment of the fee prescribed by regulation and subject to reasonable conditions imposed by the chief executive—
inspect the register at the department’s head office during business hours; and
take extracts from, or obtain a copy of details in, the register.
The chief executive may publish details in the register at the times and in the way decided by the chief executive.
The holder of an authority may apply to the chief executive in the approved form to have noted on the register an interest that a specified person has in the authority.
s 73 amd 2000 No. 26 s 13 sch 2 ; 2001 No. 23 s 16 ; 2002 No. 49 s 37 sch ; 2003 No. 82 s 31 ; 2019 No. 6 s 3 sch 1
amd 2024 No. 17 s 167 (uncommenced amendment)
(sec.73-ssec.1) The chief executive must keep a register of— authorities issued by the chief executive; and fisheries development approvals.
(sec.73-ssec.2) The register must contain the particulars prescribed by regulation and may include other particulars decided by the chief executive.
(sec.73-ssec.3) Within 21 days after a change in circumstances prescribed by regulation, the holder of an authority must give the chief executive written particulars of the change in the approved form. Maximum penalty—300 penalty units.
(sec.73-ssec.4) A person may, on payment of the fee prescribed by regulation and subject to reasonable conditions imposed by the chief executive— inspect the register at the department’s head office during business hours; and take extracts from, or obtain a copy of details in, the register.
(sec.73-ssec.5) The chief executive may publish details in the register at the times and in the way decided by the chief executive.
(sec.73-ssec.6) The holder of an authority may apply to the chief executive in the approved form to have noted on the register an interest that a specified person has in the authority.
- (a) authorities issued by the chief executive; and
- (b) fisheries development approvals.
- (a) inspect the register at the department’s head office during business hours; and
- (b) take extracts from, or obtain a copy of details in, the register.