69Exempt fishers

#### 69 Exempt fishers 69 Exempt fishers > > (1) For the purposes of section 34C (2) (h) of the Act, the following recreational fishers are exempt from paying a recreational fishing fee— > > > > > (a) a fisher who holds a current pensioner concession card, > > > > > (b) a fisher who is of or over the age of 18 years of age and is only assisting a fisher under 18 years of age to take fish by means of a single dip or scoop net (prawns), > > > > > (c) a fisher who is engaged in bait gathering, shore-based fishing or other activities ancillary to a declared charter fishing activity, if— > > > > > > > (i) a fishing fee exemption certificate under the Act, section 34I(3)(b) is already held in relation to the declared charter fishing activity, and > > > > > > > (ii) the fisher is in the immediate vicinity of the boat being used for the declared charter fishing activity. > > > (2) It is a condition of an exemption referred to in subclause (1) (a) that, if required to do so by a fisheries officer, a person who claims such an exemption must produce the person’s current pensioner concession card immediately or within the period specified by the officer and at the place specified by the officer. > > > (3) In this clause, pensioner concession card means a card known as a “pensioner concession card” and issued by Centrelink or the Commonwealth Department of Veterans’ Affairs, or any other card approved by the Minister as being equivalent to that card. > > **cl 69:** Am 2023 (13), Sch 5\[13\].