472Requirement to specify and maintain method of communication

472 Requirement to specify and maintain method of communication

(1) A responsible person, after a vessel monitoring system is installed on a boat and at least 5 business days before the boat is used to conduct a fishing activity authorised under a fishery licence after the installation of the system, must ensure that—

(a) a communication notice is completed in the form approved by the Victorian Fisheries Authority; and

(b) the communication notice is forwarded to the Victorian Fisheries Authority.

(2) A communication notice must specify a method of communication that the Victorian Fisheries Authority may use to communicate with the responsible person whenever that person is on the boat.

(3) The method of communication specified under subregulation (2) must be approved by the Victorian Fisheries Authority and—

(a) must not involve the use of the vessel monitoring system; and

(b) must allow a communication to be received on the boat instantaneously after it is sent by the Victorian Fisheries Authority.

Example

The method of communication approved by the Victorian Fisheries Authority may include communication by way of a facsimile machine, mobile phone, radiophone or satellite phone.

(4) More than one method of communication may be specified in a communication notice.

(5) The responsible person may change a method of communication stated in a communication notice by giving the Victorian Fisheries Authority a written notice specifying another method of communication.

(6) If the responsible person gives a notice under subregulation (5), the new method of communication must not be used until the Victorian Fisheries Authority has advised the responsible person that it has received the notice.

(7) The responsible person must make all reasonable efforts to respond in a timely manner, when requested, to messages sent by the Victorian Fisheries Authority to the responsible person using the specified communication method.