47Victorian Fisheries Authority to confirm receipt of catch and effort record or specified details to licence holder

47 Victorian Fisheries Authority to confirm receipt of catch and effort record or specified details to licence holder

(1) The Victorian Fisheries Authority must make all reasonable efforts to provide a licence holder with confirmation that it has received an electronic catch and effort record or specified details from the licence holder via the fisheries notification service as soon as is practicable after the licence holder has provided those details via that service.

(2) For the purposes of subregulation (1), confirmation is to be provided by the Victorian Fisheries Authority in the following manner—

(a) on receipt of specified details from the holder of a commercial fishery licence under regulation 84, 320 or 330, by providing the licence holder with a confirmation number, via the fisheries notification service;

(b) in any other case, by providing the confirmation in the manner determined by the Victorian Fisheries Authority.

(3) Subregulation (1) does not apply if—

(a) the Victorian Fisheries Authority determines that there are reasonable grounds for believing that the licence holder has failed to comply with these Regulations; or

(b) the specified details or electronic catch and effort record were provided via the fisheries notification service by way of sending a text message from a mobile phone.

(4) If the licence holder does not receive confirmation in accordance with subregulation (2), the Victorian Fisheries Authority may issue the licence holder with confirmation by way of an alternative method determined by the Victorian Fisheries Authority.