5Saving—permits for scientific purposes

##### 5 Saving—permits for scientific purposes (1) Despite the repeal of the Fisheries Act 1952, other than Part IVA, by this Act, a permit granted to a person under section 6B of that Act that was in force immediately before the commencement of this section continues in force after that commencement until its date of expiry, or until it is revoked, as if the Fisheries Act 1952, other than Part IVA, had not been repealed and that Act and instruments made or determined under that Act (including regulations, Proclamations, orders, plans of management or notices) as in force immediately before the commencement of this section continue to apply in relation to the permit, the holder of the permit or a person acting on behalf of the holder of the permit to the extent that they are capable of so applying. (2) Nothing in subsection (1) prevents the repeal, rescission, revocation, amendment or variation, under the Fisheries Act 1952 in its continued application, of an instrument mentioned in that subsection. (3) A person is not guilty of an offence against the Fisheries Management Act 1991, or regulations under that Act, because of anything done by the person that is authorised by a permit continued in force under subsection (1).