Inland Fisheries (Savings and Transitional) Act 1995 (Tas)

Inland Fisheries (Savings and Transitional) Act 1995

An Act to provide for matters of a savings and transitional nature arising as a consequence of the repeal of the Fisheries Act 1959 [Royal Assent 8 December 1995]

Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:

PART 1 - Preliminary

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Inland Fisheries (Savings and Transitional) Act 1995 .

2. Commencement This Act commences on a day to be proclaimed.

3. Interpretation In this Act – commencement day means the day on which the new Act commences; commercial licence means a commercial licence within the meaning of the new Act ; Commission means the Inland Fisheries Commission established under the new Act ; fish farm licence means a fish farm licence within the meaning of the new Act ; former Act means the Fisheries Act 1959 ; former regulations means the Inland Fisheries Regulations 1973 ; new Act means the Inland Fisheries Act 1995 ; recreational licence means a recreational licence within the meaning of the new Act .

PART 2 - Licences, Permits and Registrations

4. Applications for licences Any application for a licence made under Part III of the former Act or the former regulations and not determined before the commencement day ceases to have effect on that day.

5. Recreational licences (1) An angling licence or a licence to take whitebait in force under the former regulations immediately before the commencement day is, on that day, a recreational licence under the new Act . (2) A recreational licence – (a) is subject to the same conditions as it was under the former regulations ; and (b) is taken to have commenced on the date of issue of the licence under the former regulations ; and (c) continues in force for the remainder of its term unless the Commission sooner cancels it. (3) The Commission may revoke or vary any condition of a licence referred to in subsection (1) .