Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

TORRES STRAIT FISHERIES ACT 1984 - SECT 27

             (1)  Such fees (if any) as are prescribed are payable in respect of the following:

                     (a)  the grant of a licence under section 19;

                     (b)  the making of an entry in a licence of that kind;

                     (c)  the transfer of a licence of that kind;

                    (ca)  the variation of a licence of that kind;

                     (d)  the renewal of a licence of that kind.

             (2)  Where:

                     (a)  a person has, in accordance with subsection 23(3), surrendered a licence granted under this Act in respect of a boat; and

                     (b)  the person had, at the time when he or she surrendered the licence, notified the Minister that he or she intended to apply for another licence under this Act in respect of another boat;

the Minister may direct that the fee that would be payable in respect of the grant of that other licence is to be reduced by an amount that, in the opinion of the Minister, is appropriate, and where the Minister gives such a direction, that fee shall be reduced by that amount.

             (3)  Regulations made for the purpose of subsection (1) may prescribe different fees, or prescribe different methods of calculating fees, in respect of:

                     (a)  licences included in different classes of licences; and

                     (b)  entries in licences included in different classes of entries in licences.