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Fisheries Management Regulations 1992
6Ballot for the grant of a fishing right
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#### 6 Ballot for the grant of a fishing right
(1) For paragraph 168(2)(c) of the Act, if a grant of a fishing right is to be made by ballot:
(a) the Minister must appoint a person as his or her representative; and
(b) the procedures set out in subregulation (2) are prescribed to select the person to whom the grant will be made.
(2) The procedures are as follows:
(a) AFMA must write the name of each eligible person on a separate piece of paper (the ballot paper) that is the same size as the other ballot papers;
(b) AFMA must ensure that the representative is present when the ballot is conducted;
(c) AFMA must show the ballot papers to all persons who are present before the ballot is conducted;
(d) AFMA must place the ballot papers in a container within which the papers cannot become snagged or trapped;
(e) AFMA must shake or turn the container to mix the ballot papers;
(f) the representative must draw 1 ballot paper at a time from the container until it is empty;
(g) AFMA must record the names of the eligible persons in the order in which the names were drawn.