153ACancellation of scallop licences

153A Cancellation of scallop licences (1) In section 14 of the **Fisheries Act 1968**— (a) for subsection (1)(b) **substitute**— "(b) for dredging for or taking scallops for sale (other than in or from the waters of Port Phillip Bay);"; (b) in subsection (3), after "take scallop for sale" **insert** "in or from any waters other than the waters of Port Phillip Bay". (2) Any licence issued under section 14 of the **Fisheries Act 1968** that licences a registered fishing boat for dredging for or taking scallops for sale in all Victorian waters or in the waters of Port Phillip Bay is, by virtue of this section, cancelled. (3) If a licence that is cancelled by this section included an entitlement to dredge for or take scallops in waters other than the waters of Port Phillip Bay, the Secretary must immediately issue a new licence that licenses the registered fishing boat described in the cancelled licence for dredging for or taking scallops for sale in those other waters. (4) The Secretary must issue the new licence under subsection (3) at no additional cost to the person who held the cancelled licence. (5) Subject to subsection (3), any right or privilege acquired or accrued against the State of Victoria in respect of a licence cancelled by this section is extinguished, despite anything to the contrary in section 14(2) of the **Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984**. S. 153B inserted by No. 67/1996