323Activities authorised by Fish Receiver (Abalone) Licences

323 Activities authorised by Fish Receiver (Abalone) Licences

A Fish Receiver (Abalone) Licence authorises the licence holder to carry out the following activities—

(a) the receipt of abalone (including a commercial quantity) for processing and storage at the premises specified in the licence under regulation 43;

(b) the receipt of abalone (including a commercial quantity) for sale;

(c) the possession of abalone (including a commercial quantity);

(d) the processing of abalone (including a commercial quantity) at the premises specified in the licence under regulation 43;

(e) the sale of abalone (including a commercial quantity) from the premises specified in the licence under regulation 43;

(f) the engagement of one or more persons to carry out any activity authorised by the licence.

Division 6—Conditions of all Fish Receiver (Abalone) Licences

Subdivision 1—General

324 Fish Receiver (Abalone) Licences subject to conditions in this Division

For the purposes of section 52(1)(b) of the Act, the provisions in this Division set out the conditions to which every Fish Receiver (Abalone) Licence is subject.

1 In addition to the conditions set out in this Division, every Fish Receiver (Abalone) 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

(b) the conditions applying to that class of licence set out in Division 4 and 6 of Part 2.

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.

Subdivision 2—General and administrative conditions