Western Australian Consolidated Acts

PEARLING ACT 1990 - SECT 27B

27B .         Limitations on renewal of licences and permits in certain marine reserves

        (1)         If a licence or permit is unattached and relates to an area which is —

            (a)         part of a marine nature reserve; or

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

                the licence or permit may be renewed only as a licence or permit which does not relate to those areas.

        (2)         If a licence or permit is unattached and relates to an area which is —

            (a)         an area of a marine park other than one from which pearling activity is excluded under section 13B of the Conservation and Land Management Act 1984 ; or

            (b)         an area of a marine management area,

                the licence or permit may be renewed only as a licence or permit which does not apply to those areas, unless either —

            (c)         a management plan applies to the area under the Conservation and Land Management Act 1984 and the renewal is consistent with a management plan; or

            (d)         the Minister has consulted the Minister to whom the administration of the Conservation and Land Management Act 1984 is for the time being committed by the Governor on the renewal and has taken into account any recommendation of that Minister.

        (3)         This section does not affect the validity of a licence or permit —

            (a)         renewed before the commencement of section 62 of the Acts Amendment (Marine Reserves) Act 1997 ¹ ; or

            (b)         renewed in relation to an area which is affected, after the renewal of the lease, 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)         For the purposes of this section —

            (a)         a licence or permit is unattached unless it is —

                  (i)         a hatchery licence which relates to an area under a farm lease; or

                  (ii)         a pearling licence authorising the holder to carry out pearl culture techniques in the area under a farm lease;

                and

            (b)         where a licence referred to in paragraph (a)(i) or (ii) relates in part to areas under a farm lease or leases and in part to areas not under such a lease, the licence is to be treated as 2 separate licences, being —

                  (i)         a licence in relation to the areas under the lease or leases; and

                  (ii)         a licence in relation to the areas not under any lease.

        [Section 27B inserted by No. 5 of 1997 s. 62.]