Living Marine Resources Management (Validation of Documents) Act 2002

Living Marine Resources Management (Validation of Documents) Act 2002

This Act may be cited as the Living Marine Resources Management (Validation of Documents) Act 2002.

This Act, other than section 5, commences on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

Section 5 commences on a day to be proclaimed.

In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears – Act means the Living Marine Resources Management Act 1995;Department means a department that was, at any time during the validation period, the responsible Department in relation to the Act; issued means issued by a Department or its Secretary; used means used by a Department or its Secretary; validation period means the period commencing on 31 May 1996 (the day on which the Act commenced) and expiring immediately before the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

For the purposes of the Act, a document is taken to have been issued to a person if it has been – handed or otherwise given directly to the person; or sent to the person by post, courier or facsimile transmission; or collected by the person or by someone authorised to collect it on the person's behalf; or left for the person at a place and time agreed to by the person; or used by the person or on the person's behalf; or accepted, copied or adapted for use by the person or on the person's behalf.

For the avoidance of doubt –

any application of the kind referred to in section 12(1) or 77(1) of the Act that was made during the validation period is, if accepted for consideration by the Minister administering the Act at the time of its lodgment, taken to have been in a form approved for the purposes of that section at that time; and any permit or licence issued or purportedly issued under section 14 or 79 of the Act during the validation period is taken to have been in a form approved for the purposes of that section when it was so issued or purportedly so issued; and any identity card issued or purportedly issued under section 164 or 165 of the Act during the validation period is taken to have been in a form approved for the purposes of that section when it was so issued or purportedly so issued; and any infringement notice served or purportedly served under Division 5 of Part 9 of the Act during the validation period is taken to have been in a form approved for the purposes of that Division when it was so served or purportedly so served; and any document issued or used, or purportedly issued or used, during the validation period for the purposes of section 145(1) of the Act is taken to have been – properly approved for issue or use for the purposes of that section; and in a form approved for the purposes of that section when it was so issued or used or purportedly so issued or used.

In this section – adjustment period means the period commencing on 1 January 2000 (the day on which the Rules took effect) and expiring immediately before the day proclaimed under section 2(2);Rules means the Fisheries (Abalone) Rules 2000.

The Rules are to be read and construed as if, throughout the adjustment period – the expression "third copy" in rule 17(1)(c)(i) of the Rules were "yellow sheet"; and the expression "white copy" in rule 29(4)(b) of the Rules were "white sheet"; and the expression "the pink sheet and each copy" in rule 29(5) of the Rules were "each sheet".

Until provision is made in relation to this Act by order under section 4 of the Administrative Arrangements Act 1990 –

the administration of this Act is assigned to the Minister for Primary Industries, Water and Environment; and the department responsible to that Minister in relation to the administration of this Act is the Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment.