31Prescribed grounds for suspension of a fishery licence

31 Prescribed grounds for suspension of a fishery licence

(1) For the purposes of section 58(2)(c) of the Act, the other grounds on which the Victorian Fisheries Authority may require the holder of a fishery licence to show sufficient cause why the licence should not be suspended are—

(a) the Victorian Fisheries Authority believes on reasonable grounds that the holder of the fishery licence, or a person acting on behalf of the licence holder, has failed to comply with a designated licence condition; or

(b) the holder of the fishery licence has been found guilty of a relevant offence; or

(c) the holder of the fishery licence is a fine defaulter within the meaning of the Fines Reform Act 2014 in relation to an infringement offence within the meaning of that Act that relates to a relevant offence.

holder, in the case of a corporation or co‑operative, includes an officer of the corporation or co-operative who is acting in the officer's capacity as an officer of the corporation or co-operative;

relevant offence means—

(a) an offence under the Act, the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988, the Marine and Coastal Act 2018, the National Parks Act 1975, the Wildlife Act 1975 or under a regulation made under any of those Acts; or

(b) an associated offence; or

(c) an offence involving violence against or the assault of a public officer; or

(d) an offence involving the obstruction or hindering of an authorised officer; or

(e) an offence under a law of the Commonwealth, another State, a Territory or New Zealand, that corresponds to a law specified in paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d).