57CTransitional provision concerning certain licences not held by one person

57C Transitional provision concerning certain licences not held by one person (a) on the date of commencement of section 13 of the **Fisheries (Abalone) Act 2005** a Fish Receiver's Licence is not held by an individual, a single corporation or a co‑operative; and (b) by the date the licence is due to expire, an individual, a single corporation or a co‑operative that holds the licence or that is a successor of a person who holds the licence, has not applied to the Secretary for the renewal of the licence in accordance with the regulations— the licence is, by force of this section, suspended on the date the licence is due to expire. (2) Despite anything in this Act to the contrary, a suspension under subsection (1) continues until either— (a) an individual, a single corporation or a co‑operative that held the licence or that is a successor of a person who held the licence, immediately before it was suspended, applies to the Secretary for the renewal of the licence in accordance with the regulations and the Secretary renews the licence; or (b) the expiry of 12 months from the date the suspension began— (3) If the suspension of a licence ends under subsection (2)(b), the licence is cancelled. S. 58 (Heading) inserted by No. 35/2009 s. 62(1), amended by No. 68/2016 s. 71(1). S. 58 substituted by No. 5/1997