Fisheries Regulations 2019
13Application of these Regulations to traditional owners
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13 Application of these Regulations to traditional owners
(1) If a traditional owner group entity has entered into an agreement, any of these regulations (other than a regulation specified in subregulation (2)) that provides for an offence to carry out an agreed activity under that agreement does not apply to a member of the traditional owner group—
(a) who is bound by the agreement; and
(b) who carries out the agreed activity to which the offence applies in accordance with the agreement and on land to which the agreement applies.
(2) For the purposes of subregulation (1), the following regulations are specified—
(a) regulation 124;
(b) regulation 127;
(c) regulation 136;
(d) regulation 138(2);
(e) regulation 139.
agreed activity has the same meaning as in section 79 of the Traditional Owner Settlement Act 2010;
agreement means an agreement under Part 6 of the Traditional Owner Settlement Act 2010;
traditional owner group has the same meaning as in the Traditional Owner Settlement Act 2010;
traditional owner group entity has the same meaning as in the Traditional Owner Settlement Act 2010.
Part 2—Commercial fishery licences
Division 1—Classes of commercial fishery licence
14 Classes of access licence
For the purposes of section 38 of the Act, the following classes of access licence are created—
(a) Abalone Fishery (Western Zone) Access Licence;
(b) Abalone Fishery (Central Zone) Access Licence;
(c) Abalone Fishery (Eastern Zone) Access Licence;
(d) Bait (General) Fishery Access Licence;
(e) Banded Morwong Fishery Access Licence;
(f) Corner Inlet Fishery Access Licence;
(g) Eel Fishery Access Licence;
(h) Giant Crab Fishery (Western Zone) Access Licence;
Reg. 14(i) revoked by S.R. No. 161/2021 reg. 6.
(j) Gippsland Lakes (Bait) Fishery Access Licence;
(k) Gippsland Lakes (Mussel Dive) Fishery Access Licence;
(l) Lake Tyers (Bait) Fishery Access Licence;
(m) Mallacoota Lower Lake (Bait) Fishery Access Licence;