Fisheries and Oyster Farms (Amendment) Act 1968 (NSW)

FISHERIES AND OYSTER FARMS

(AMENDMENT) ACT.

ANNO SEPTIMO DECIMO

ELIZABETHE II REGINE

Act No. 14, 1968.

An Act to make further provisions with respect to inland angling licenses; for this purpose to amend the Fisheries and Oyster Farms Act, 1935, as subsequently amended; and for purposes connected therewith. [Assented to, 20th Sep­ tember, 1968.]

( 1 ) This Act may be cited as the "Fisheries and Oyster Farms (Amendment) Act, 1968". (2 )

BE	it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of New South Wales in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as
follows: —

1.

( 2 ) The Fisheries and Oyster Farms Act, 1935, as subsequently amended and as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Fisheries and Oyster Farms Act, 1935-1968.

(3 ) This Act shall commence upon a day to be appointed by the Governor and notified by proclamation published in the Gazette.

2 .       (1 ) The Fisheries and Oyster Farms Act, 1935, as

subsequently amended, is amended—

(a) by inserting next after subsection one of section 25 B the following new subsection :—

(1A ) There shall be such classes of inland angling licenses under this section as may be prescribed.

Different classes may be prescribed according

t o —

(a)	the different classes of persons, as specified in the regulations, in respect of whom the licenses are to be issued;
(b)	the different periods, as so specified, for which the licenses are to be in force; and

(c) such other matters as may be so specified.

(b)	by omitting from subsection two of the same section the words "Inland angling licenses shall be issued upon the prescribed application" and by inserting
in lieu thereof the words "Subject to subsection six of this section, an inland angling license shall, upon
application being made therefor in such manner (if any) as may be prescribed, be issued";
(c )	(i) by omitting from subsection four of the same

section the words "annual fee for every such license and the manner of its" and by inserting in lieu thereof the words "fees for inland angling licenses and the manner of their";

(ii)

(ii)   by inserting in the same subsection after the words "by the regulations." the following new pa rag raph :—

Different fees may be prescribed according to the different classes of licenses prescribed under subsection (1A ) of this section.

(iii)   by omitting from the same subsection the words "the fee" and by inserting in lieu thereof the words "any fee";

(d) by omitting from subsection five of the same section the words "for a period of twelve months from the date of its issue" and by inserting in lieu thereof the words "for the period of twelve months specified therein, or, where the license is of a class of licenses that may be in force for a shorter period than twelve months, for the period specified therein,".

( 2 ) Nothing in this Act affects an inland angling license under section 25B of the Fisheries and Oyster Farms Act, 1935, as subsequently amended, in force immediately before the commencement of this Act, and that license shall continue in force in the same manner as if the amendments made by this Act had not been made.

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