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FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT 1991 - SECT 144

AFMA or Joint Authority to be notified of application for review

  (1)   Where an application for a review of a decision is made under section   143, the Principal Member must, as soon as practicable, give written notice of the making of the application:

  (a)   to AFMA or the Joint Authority, whichever made the decision; and

  (b)   to each other person who was registered under section   26 in relation to the grant of a fishing right to which the decision related.

  (2)   Where AFMA or a Joint Authority is notified of an application for review, it must, within 14 days of being so notified, give to the Principal Member a copy of:

  (a)   the reasons for the decision; and

  (b)   each other document or part of a document that is in the possession or control of AFMA or the Joint Authority and is considered by it to be relevant to the review of the decision, including, if required by the Panel, documents relating to the general state of the fishery to which the decision under review relates.

  (3)   A person (including AFMA), or a Joint Authority, to whom a notice is given under subsection   (1) is a party to the proceeding before the Panel.



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