49General permit

49 General permit

S. 49(1) amended by No. 68/2016 s. 62(1).

(1) The Victorian Fisheries Authority may issue a general permit to a person.

S. 49(2) amended by No. 68/2016 s. 62(1).

(2) The Victorian Fisheries Authority may authorise the holder of the permit to do one or more of the following—

S. 49(2)(a) amended by No. 51/2007
s. 9(1)(a).

(a) to take or possess fish for research, education, fish management, aquaculture, compliance or scientific purposes; or

S. 49(2)(b) amended by No. 51/2007
s. 9(1)(a).

(b) to take or possess fish from a developing fishery; or

(c) to carry out any research, exploitation, work or operation for the purpose of developing any fishery or aquaculture; or

(d) to investigate any species of fish or any fishery or any device; or

(e) to sell or dispose of any fish obtained by the person under the permit; or

S. 49(2)(f) amended by No. 80/2000 s. 5, substituted by No. 51/2007 s. 9(2).

(f) to use or possess specified commercial abalone equipment, commercial fishing equipment, commercial aquaculture equipment or recreational fishing equipment; or

S. 49(2)(g) inserted by No. 80/2000 s. 5, amended by No. 51/2007
s. 9(1)(b)(i).

(g) for commercial purposes—

(i) to use, form or create a habitat (whether natural, artificial or partly natural or artificial) for hatching, rearing, breeding, displaying or growing fish or fishing bait;

S. 49(2)(g)(ii) amended by No. 17/2002 s. 5(1), substituted by No. 51/2007
s. 9(1)(b)(ii).

(ii) to hatch, rear, breed, display, grow or sell fish or fishing bait; or

S. 49(2)(h) inserted by No. 17/2002 s. 5(2). amended by No. 51/2007
s. 9(1)(c).

(h) to take or possess fish (in areas where recreational fishing is authorised under this Act) for a specified indigenous cultural ceremony or event; or

S. 49(2)(i) inserted by No. 51/2007

(i) to sell any fish of a specified priority species; or

S. 49(2)(j) inserted by No. 51/2007

(j) to take or possess more fish than the catch limit for that species of fish; or

S. 49(2)(k) inserted by No. 51/2007
s. 9(1)(d), amended by No. 40/2019 s. 13(1).

(k) to take or possess fish that are less than the minimum size, or that are more than the maximum size, for that species of fish; or

S. 49(2)(l) inserted by No. 51/2007

(l) to take fish of a specified species of fish during the closed season for that species of fish; or