Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Minister may, in his or her discretion, grant a permit to a person authorising that person to engage, for scientific or developmental purposes, in such activities by way of fishing in an area of Australian jurisdiction as are specified in the permit.
(2) The holder of a permit in force under subsection (1) or a person acting on behalf of the holder of such a permit does not commit an offence against this Act by reason of anything done by him or her that is authorised by the permit to be done by the holder of the permit.
(3) A permit granted under subsection (1) is subject to such conditions as are specified in the permit.
(4) The Minister may, in his or her discretion, by notice in writing given to the holder of a permit in force under this section:
(a) revoke the permit; or
(b) vary or revoke the conditions to which the permit is subject or specify further conditions to which the permit is to be subject.
(5) Without limiting subsection (1), the activities authorised by a permit granted under that subsection for developmental purposes may include the following:
(a) assessing the commercial viability of a fishery;
(b) assessing the commercial viability of kinds of fishing activities, boats or equipment specified in the permit.