Fisheries Management Act 1994
34GIssue of receipt on payment of fishing fee
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34G Issue of receipt on payment of fishing fee
34G Issue of receipt on payment of fishing fee
(1) A person who pays a fishing fee is entitled to be issued with an official receipt for the payment.
(2) A receipt is evidence of the payment of the fishing fee and not an authority to take fish, and accordingly cannot be refused or made subject to any conditions.
(3) A receipt is to be in a form approved by the Minister.
(3A) The Secretary is to make appropriate arrangements to ensure that a person who pays a fishing fee is issued with an official receipt for the payment.
(4) The regulations may make provision for the issue of replacement receipts for receipts that are lost, destroyed or damaged.
(5) A receipt is not transferable.
s 34G: Ins 1997 No 153, Sch 2 [2]. Subst 2000 No 86, Sch 4 [2]. Am 2009 No 114, Sch 1 [34].