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Wildlife Act 1975
83APower to grant whale watching tour permits
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83A Power to grant whale watching tour permits
(1) The Secretary may grant a permit to a natural person authorising the person to conduct a whale watching tour from the aircraft or vessel specified in the permit.
(2) The Secretary may refuse to grant a whale watching tour permit if the Secretary is satisfied that—
(b) the applicant has failed to comply with this Act or regulations under this Act or the conditions of a permit under this Division; or
(c) the applicant has been convicted of an offence against a law of the Commonwealth or of a State or a Territory of the Commonwealth relating to fauna, to the preservation, conservation and protection of whales or to the living natural resources of the continental shelf of Australia; or
S. 83B inserted by No. 3/2002 s. 18, substituted by No. 45/2008 s. 27.