Fisheries Amendment Act (No. 3) 1992 (No. 137 of 1992).

Section 28I of the principal Act is hereby amended by adding a subsection appeals against decisions of the Quota Appeal Authority which shall be lodged within 3 months of the decision contested. Certain restrictions are placed on the power of the Authority to allocate to any person any provisional maximum individual transferable quota, guaranteed minimum individual transferable quota, or individual transferable quota for any species of fish in any quota management area. No fishing permit shall be issued in respect of any species of fish (other than tuna), aquatic life, or seaweed, that is not for the time being subject to a quota management system established by or under this Act, except to a person who held a fishing permit that was in force on the 30 September 1992 and caught fish, aquatic life, or seaweed under a fishing permit held by that person at any time during s specified period. A permit shall only authorize the taking of those species caught as a target species (not being bycatch) under the authority of the permit held by that person during the period specified.