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Fisheries Act 1996

Fisheries administration - Catch History Review Committee

284: Functions of Committee

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"The Committee's Job is to Hear and Decide Appeals"

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You can appeal to the Catch History Review Committee under section 51. The Committee hears and decides on these appeals. The Committee has a member who hears the appeal alone, unless the chairperson says otherwise. You can find more information about this in the section 51 link. The Committee only gives provisional catch history if a commercial fisher actually caught and reported the fish, aquatic life, or seaweed. The Committee cannot order the allocation or transfer of any quota. The Committee has the power to do what it needs to carry out its functions. The chief executive can decide if a person is ineligible to receive provisional catch history. If the chief executive thinks the person is an overseas person, the Committee will not hear their appeal. The Committee will only hear the appeal if the High Court says the person is not an overseas person.

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Part 15Fisheries administration
Catch History Review Committee

284Functions of Committee

  1. The Catch History Review Committee shall hear and determine appeals made under section 51, except that if the chief executive—

  2. has decided that a person is ineligible to receive provisional catch history because the chief executive believes the person to be an overseas person; and
    1. has advised the Committee of that decision,—
        1. the Committee shall not hear any appeal made by that person unless the High Court declares the person not to be an overseas person.

      1. All appeals to the Committee shall be heard by a member sitting alone unless the chairperson of the Committee otherwise directs, and a member of the Committee sitting alone in such a case has such powers and functions of the Committee as may be necessary for that purpose.

      2. The Committee shall not create or allocate provisional catch history in respect of fish, aquatic life, or seaweed unless it was actually taken and reported by a commercial fisher.

      3. The Committee shall not order the allocation or transfer of any quota.

      4. The Committee has all such powers as are necessary or expedient to enable it to carry out its functions.