Fisheries Management Act 1994

A person may apply to the Minister, in a form approved by the Minister, for a permit under section 37 (a section 37 permit).

The regulations may make provision for the fees to be paid for an application for a section 37 permit or the issue of a section 37 permit.

In addition to any application fee or issue fee, the regulations may make provision for the payment by a permit holder of a contribution towards one or more of the following costs—

the costs of managing the activities authorised by the permit,

the costs of monitoring the activities authorised by the permit,

the costs of ensuring compliance with permit conditions and any other fishing regulatory controls relevant to the activity authorised by the permit,

the costs of carrying out research into the activity authorised by the permit, or the fishery, species or method associated with that activity.

A section 37 permit may authorise a specified person or a specified class of persons, in addition to the permit holder, to take and possess fish or marine vegetation as authorised by the permit.

The Minister may from time to time vary the conditions of a section 37 permit by notice given to the permit holder.

The Minister may at any time cancel or suspend a section 37 permit by notice given to the permit holder.