(1)  On the issue of a fishing licence (recreational graball net), a fishing licence (recreational set line) or a fishing licence (recreational mullet net), the Secretary is to –

(a) allot a unique number to the fishing licence; and

(b) advise the holder of the fishing licence of the allotted number.

(2)  On receipt of an application from an Aborigine for the allotment of a unique number, the Secretary may –

(a) allot a unique number to the Aborigine; or

(b) refuse to allot a unique number to the Aborigine.

(3)  If the Secretary allots a unique number to the Aborigine, the Secretary must advise the Aborigine of the allotted number.

(4)  If the Secretary does not allot a unique number to the Aborigine, the Secretary must give written reasons for his or her decision to the Aborigine.

(5)  The Secretary may approve a means of allotting a unique number to an Aborigine intending to engage in an Aboriginal activity, and a number allotted by those means is taken to have been allotted by the Secretary.

Subdivision 2 - Buoys and tags