Fisheries (Scalefish) Rules 2015
125Unique identifying code for certain fishing apparatus
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125 Unique identifying code for certain fishing apparatus
(1) On the issue of a fishing licence (recreational graball net), a fishing licence (recreational set line) or a fishing licence (recreational mullet net), the Secretary is to –
(a) allot a unique number to the fishing licence; and
(b) advise the holder of the fishing licence of the allotted number.
(2) On receipt of an application from an Aborigine for the allotment of a unique number, the Secretary may –
(a) allot a unique number to the Aborigine; or
(b) refuse to allot a unique number to the Aborigine.
(3) If the Secretary allots a unique number to the Aborigine, the Secretary must advise the Aborigine of the allotted number.
(4) If the Secretary does not allot a unique number to the Aborigine, the Secretary must give written reasons for his or her decision to the Aborigine.
(5) The Secretary may approve a means of allotting a unique number to an Aborigine intending to engage in an Aboriginal activity, and a number allotted by those means is taken to have been allotted by the Secretary.