Fisheries Management Act 1994
237DSpecial exemptions for Aboriginal fishing assistance programs
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237D Special exemptions for Aboriginal fishing assistance programs
237D Special exemptions for Aboriginal fishing assistance programs
(1) Section 65 does not apply to the Fisheries Administration Ministerial Corporation as the holder of shares in a share management fishery under an Aboriginal fishing assistance program, in relation to a designated contravention (within the meaning of section 65(2)) of a management plan by a person nominated by the Corporation to take fish in the fishery.
(2) Section 75 does not apply to shares in a share management fishery held by the Fisheries Administration Ministerial Corporation under an Aboriginal fishing assistance program. Accordingly, shares so held cannot be forfeited under that section.
(3) The Fisheries Administration Ministerial Corporation is not liable to pay any community contribution or management charge under Division 7 of Part 3 as the holder of shares in a share management fishery under an Aboriginal fishing assistance program.
(4) Section 75A(1) does not apply to the Fisheries Administration Ministerial Corporation as the holder of shares in a share management fishery under an Aboriginal fishing assistance program, in relation to the taking of fish by a person nominated by the Corporation to take fish in the fishery.
s 237D: Ins 2017 No 56, Sch 1 [9]. Am 2018 No 25, Sch 1.11 [6].