31Category of old longline permit or permit package

31 Category of old longline permit or permit package

(1) The category of:

(a) an old longline permit that was held by an eligible person on 30 November 2002 and forms part of a sequence of old longline permits; or

(b) a permit package;

is the description of the permit or package in the first‑occurring item in the table in section 32 that applies to the permit or package.

(2) The description of the permit or package consists of:

(a) the area of the fishery to which the permit or package applied, set out in column 2 of the item in the table in section 32; and

(b) the activity level of the sequence of old longline permits (whether or not they are part of a permit package) set out in column 3 of the item in the table in section 32.

(3) Each category is identified by the item number specified in column 1 of the item of the table in section 32 that is adjacent to the columns mentioned in subsection (2).