133Interim licences

133 Interim licences (1) Where: (a) an application has been made in respect of commercial operations in existence before the relevant declaration was published in the Gazette under section 131; and (b) the Director is of the opinion that a final determination of the application cannot be made in as brief a period as is necessary to avoid unreasonable detriment to those commercial operations; the Director may grant an interim licence, subject to the conditions specified in section 136 and such other conditions as he or she thinks fit, before finally determining the application in accordance with this Part.

Marine Act 1981 29 (2) The grant of an interim licence does not give rise to a legitimate expectation by the applicant that a licence must be granted to him or her. (3) Where an application in respect of which an interim licence was granted is determined by the Director, the interim licence is taken to have been revoked from the date of service of the final determination of the application on the applicant.