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Fisheries Management Act 1991
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142 Function
(1) The Panel has the function of reviewing decisions mentioned in subsection 23(1) made by AFMA or a Joint Authority as to the person or persons to whom the grant of a fishing right in a managed fishery is to be made. (2) It is not a function of the Panel to review the first decision to grant fishing rights made by AFMA under the first plan of management determined by AFMA for the fishery known as the Northern Prawn Fishery or for the fishery known as the Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery.