246Pipi Fishery Access Licences subject to conditions in this Division

246 Pipi Fishery Access Licences subject to conditions in this Division

For the purposes of section 52(1)(b) of the Act, the following provisions in this Division set out the conditions to which every Pipi Fishery Access Licence is subject.

1 In addition to the conditions set out in this Division, every Pipi Fishery Access Licence is subject to—

(a) any condition expressed or referred to in the licence by the Victorian Fisheries Authority under section 52(1)(a) of the Act; and

2 Under section 53 of the Act, the holder of a licence or a person who does a thing on behalf of a licence holder must comply with any condition to which the licence is subject. A contravention of that section may attract a maximum penalty of 50 penalty units and, in the case of an offence involving a priority species or breach of a designated licence condition, a maximum penalty of 100 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment or both.

3 Under regulation 463, the holder of a licence may apply to the Victorian Fisheries Authority for an exemption from a specified condition of the licence.