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Fisheries Act 1988
20BCancellation of vessel registration if licence or permit
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20B Cancellation of vessel registration if licence or permit
cancelled
(1) If a licence or permit is cancelled, the registration of each vessel
used under the licence or permit is also cancelled.
(2) However, the Director must re-register each vessel if the
cancellation of the licence or permit is revoked.
(3) In addition, subsection (1) does not prevent the vessel being
registered in relation to a licence or permit held by a person other
than:
(a) the holder of the cancelled licence or permit; or
(b) a partnership or company in which the holder of the cancelled
licence or permit is a partner or has an interest.