105   Exemption from requirement to be personally present

(1)  The Director-General may exempt a commercial fisher from being personally present in any circumstances the Director-General considers appropriate and, in particular, on any occasion where the fisher’s presence is required by this Part, during a period required for travel to or from or attendance at:

(a)  a meeting of a Management Advisory Committee in the capacity of member of that Committee, or

(b)  a conference or deputation with the Director-General or the Director-General’s nominee on business of such a Committee, or

(c)  a meeting of officers of the NSW Fishing Industry Training Committee Limited in the capacity of officer of that corporation.

(2)  A commercial fisher who, personally or as a member of a crew, is entitled to use a net on any night pursuant to this Part and who has been granted an exemption under this clause which is in force on that night, may nominate to the local fisheries officer the name of another commercial fisher to act as the first-mentioned fisher’s representative on that night. That nominated commercial fisher is, for the purposes of this Part, to be taken to be the first-mentioned fisher.

(3)  A commercial fisher representing another commercial fisher in accordance with subclause (2) does not in any way prejudice the first-mentioned fisher’s own entitlements under this Part.