83GNotice of proposal to make limited permit area determination

83G Notice of proposal to make limited permit area determination

(1) Before making a limited permit area determination, the Secretary must give notice that the Secretary proposes to make the determination.

(2) A notice under subsection (1) must—

(a) set out the proposed determination; and

(b) be published—

(i) in the Government Gazette; and

(ii) in a newspaper circulating generally throughout the State—

at least 4 weeks before the making of the determination; and

(c) set out the time within which written submissions on the proposed determination must be made to the Secretary, which must be not less than 4 weeks before the making of the determination.

S. 83GA inserted by No. 45/2008 s. 27.

83GA Submissions on proposal to make limited permit area determination

(1) Any person who is likely to be affected by the making of a limited permit area determination may make written submissions to the Secretary on the proposal to make the determination.

(2) Submissions made under subsection (1) must be made within the time fixed for making submissions under section 83G.

(3) In addition to any submission made under subsection (1), the Secretary may have regard to (but is not required to have regard to) a submission made by any other person on the proposal to make the determination that is made within the time fixed for the making of submissions under section 83G.

S. 83GB inserted by No. 45/2008 s. 27.

83GB Amendment or revocation of limited permit area determination

(1) The Secretary may amend or revoke a limited permit area determination in the same manner as that in which it is made.

(2) If the Secretary amends or revokes a limited permit area determination, any permit under this Division in force in the area to which the amendment or revocation applies, being a permit that is in force immediately before that amendment or revocation, continues in force despite that amendment or revocation—

(a) as such a permit under this Division until its expiry, unless sooner revoked; and

(b) on the same terms and conditions as those applying to it immediately before the amendment or revocation.

S. 83GC inserted by No. 45/2008 s. 27.

83GC Permits in limited permit areas to be granted on determination of Secretary

(1) Where a limited permit area determination has been made for an area determining a maximum number of whale watching tour permits or whale swim tour permits that may be in force in the area, the Secretary may, on or after the making of the determination, determine—