Western Australian Consolidated Acts

FISH RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ACT 1994 - SECT 136A

136A .         Marine reserves, grant and renewal of authorisations for areas in

        (1)         An authorisation must not be issued or renewed if it would authorise a person to engage in commercial fishing in —

            (a)         an area of a marine nature reserve; or

            (b)         an area of a marine park from which commercial fishing is excluded under section 13B of the Conservation and Land Management Act 1984 .

        (2)         An authorisation must not be issued or renewed if it would authorise a person to engage in recreational fishing in —

            (a)         an area of a marine nature reserve; or

            (b)         an area of a marine park from which recreational fishing is excluded under section 13B of the Conservation and Land Management Act 1984 .

        (3)         This section does not affect the validity of —

            (a)         a licence issued or renewed before the commencement of section 56 of the Acts Amendment (Marine Reserves) Act 1997 ¹ ; or

            (b)         a licence issued or renewed in relation to an area which is affected, after the issue or renewal of the licence, by a reservation under section 13 of the Conservation and Land Management Act 1984 , or by a notice under section 62 of that Act.

        (4)         If an authorisation relates to a particular area (the authorised area ) and a part of the authorised area becomes —

            (a)         an area of a marine nature reserve; or

            (b)         an area of a marine park from which commercial fishing is excluded under section 13B of the Conservation and Land Management Act 1984 ,

                nothing in this section prevents the authorisation from being renewed in respect of the remainder of the authorised area.

        [Section 136A inserted by No. 5 of 1997 s. 56.]