FISHERIES.

No. 4 of 1956.

An Act to amend the Fisheries Act 1952–1953.

[Assented to 27th March, 1956.]

[Date of commencement, 24th April, 1956.]

BE it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—

Short title and citation.

1.—(1.) This Act may be cited as the Fisheries Act 1956.

(2.) The Fisheries Act 1952–1953, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Fisheries Act 1952–1956.

Licences and registration.

2. Section nine of the Fisheries Act 1952–1953 is amended by omitting sub-section (5.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-sections:—

“(5.) A licence granted, or registration effected, under this section—

(a) is subject to such conditions as are specified in the licence or certificate of registration;

(b) comes into force on a date specified in the licence or certificate of registration or, if no date is so specified, on the date on which it is granted or effected; and

(c) subject to the next succeeding sub-section, remains in force until the succeeding thirty-first day of December.

“(5a.) Where a licence granted, or registration effected, under this section comes into force during the month of December in any year, it remains in force until the thirty-first day of December in the succeeding year.”.