25Registration as an eligible person — longline SFRs (Act s 26)

25 Registration as an eligible person — longline SFRs (Act s 26)

(1) A person is eligible for the grant of 1 or more longline SFRs if:

(a) on 30 November 2002, the person held an old longline permit; and

(b) the permit forms part of a sequence of old longline permits; and

(c) before the end of the notice period, the person applied, under section 26 of the Act, for registration as an eligible person for a grant of the SFRs.

Note For the meaning of sequence, see section 4A.

(2) A person who is not eligible under subsection (1) is eligible for the grant of 1 or more longline SFRs if:

(a) the person used an Australian boat to engage in pelagic longline fishing in the high seas zone between 1 January 1992 and 10 December 2001 (inclusive); and

(b) the person did not engage in pelagic longline fishing in the AFZ (other than by the carrying of fish taken in the high seas zone) during the period mentioned in paragraph (a); and

(c) the person submits evidence of the fishing mentioned in paragraph (a) to AFMA; and

(d) before the end of the notice period, the person applied, under section 26 of the Act, for registration as an eligible person for a grant of the SFRs.