Standard Permit Conditions

STDALL1 - STDALL8 - General Conditions

1. The permit holder is authorised to undertake aquaculture only in accordance with the application for the permit, including the Commercial Farm Development Plan, and any relevant development consent.
2. ln the event of any inconsistency between the conditions of an aquaculture permit and the application for the permit, including the Commercial Farm Development Plan, the conditions of the permit will prevail.
3. The permit holder must not operate a hatchery under clause 4(2) of the Regulation unless they hold a Class H aquaculture permit.
4. The permit holder must not cross-breed any species of fish to which this permit applies.
5. The permit holder must submit a Commercial Farm Development Plan or a revised Commercial Farm Development Plan when directed by the department.
6. The permit holder must produce this permit to a Fisheries Officer upon demand.
7. The permit holder must notify the Minister in writing within 28 days of any change in the business address of the permit holder, or any other matter affecting the permit including, in the case of a corporation, any change to the directors of the corporation.
8. The permit holder must keep a record of all fish and marine vegetation acquisitions (including any fish arising from a section 37 broodstock collection permit).

STDBIO1 - STDBIO6 - Biosecurity Conditions

1. The permit holder must notify an Authorised Officer (Fisheries Officer, Biosecurity Officer) as soon as practical, and no later than 24-hours, from the observation or discovery of any suspected listed disease of aquatic animals or marine vegetation, unexplained or unusual significant fish or marine vegetation mortality event in the area, within which the permit holder is authorised to undertake aquaculture. The failure to report such an event may be a breach of the General Biosecurity Duty found in section 38 of the Biosecurity Act 2015.
2. The permit holder must provide to an Authorised Officer on request, samples of any fish or marine vegetation held in the area within which the permit holder is authorised to undertake aquaculture
3. The permit holder must comply with a Biosecurity Control Order established under Part 6 of the Biosecurity Act 2015, or a Biosecurity Direction established under section 123 of the Biosecurity Act 2015 in relation to a prohibited matter (Schedule 2 of the Biosecurity Act 2015) and a notifiable matter (Schedule 1, Part 2 of the Biosecurity Regulation 2017) in relation to the area authorised for aquaculture by the permit.
4. The permit holder must not use pre-used aquaculture equipment imported from overseas in the area within which the permit holder is authorised to undertake aquaculture. The permit holder must also follow the requirements of the Biosecurity Act 2015 and associated regulations including any prohibition on movement or cleaning of aquaculture equipment from within declared zones or infected areas under an instrument under this legislation.
5. The permit holder must ensure that fish or marine vegetation to which this permit applies do not/does not, escape into any waters, other than those waters in the area within which the permit holder is authorised to undertake aquaculture.
6. For the purposes of section 216(1) of the Fisheries Management Act 1994, unless specified in a specific condition attached to this permit, this permit does not authorise the release into any waters any live fish of any species imported into NSW from interstate or overseas.

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