Fisheries (Commercial Fisheries) Regulation 2019
sec.74Location detected or reported
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sec.74 Location detected or reported
This section applies if the primary boat identified in a trawl licence is detected by vessel tracking equipment or manually reported at any time during a day (the relevant day ) within a trawl region. The detection or manual report is evidence the holder of the licence has used the boat for a whole day for effort units for the trawl region. However, subsection (2) does not apply if— an exception stated in this subdivision applies for the relevant day; or the chief executive decides on information provided by the holder of the licence that the boat was not used on the relevant day. As soon as practicable after making a decision under subsection (3) (b) , the chief executive must give each person to whom the decision relates an information notice about the decision. s 74 amd 2020 SL No. 236 s 138 (sec.74-ssec.1) This section applies if the primary boat identified in a trawl licence is detected by vessel tracking equipment or manually reported at any time during a day (the relevant day ) within a trawl region. (sec.74-ssec.2) The detection or manual report is evidence the holder of the licence has used the boat for a whole day for effort units for the trawl region. (sec.74-ssec.3) However, subsection (2) does not apply if— an exception stated in this subdivision applies for the relevant day; or the chief executive decides on information provided by the holder of the licence that the boat was not used on the relevant day. (sec.74-ssec.4) As soon as practicable after making a decision under subsection (3) (b) , the chief executive must give each person to whom the decision relates an information notice about the decision.
- (a) an exception stated in this subdivision applies for the relevant day; or
- (b) the chief executive decides on information provided by the holder of the licence that the boat was not used on the relevant day.