Fisheries (General) Regulation 2019
sec.155Existing commercial harvest fishery licences
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sec.155 Existing commercial harvest fishery licences
This section applies in relation to a person who held a commercial harvest fishery licence in effect immediately before the commencement (the existing licence ). From the commencement, the person is taken to hold a primary commercial fishing licence, subject to the same term and conditions that applied to the existing licence immediately before the commencement. The chief executive must give the person a written notice stating the following matters for the licence— the boat that is the primary commercial fishing boat; the authorised number of tender boats for each fishery symbol written on the licence. Section 32 applies in relation to the chief executive deciding the authorised number of tender boats for the licence under subsection (3)(b). If the person applies for, and is issued, a commercial fisher licence before 30 June 2021, no annual fee is payable for the first year of the licence. s 155 ins 2020 SL No. 236 s 122 (sec.155-ssec.1) This section applies in relation to a person who held a commercial harvest fishery licence in effect immediately before the commencement (the existing licence ). (sec.155-ssec.2) From the commencement, the person is taken to hold a primary commercial fishing licence, subject to the same term and conditions that applied to the existing licence immediately before the commencement. (sec.155-ssec.3) The chief executive must give the person a written notice stating the following matters for the licence— the boat that is the primary commercial fishing boat; the authorised number of tender boats for each fishery symbol written on the licence. (sec.155-ssec.4) Section 32 applies in relation to the chief executive deciding the authorised number of tender boats for the licence under subsection (3)(b). (sec.155-ssec.5) If the person applies for, and is issued, a commercial fisher licence before 30 June 2021, no annual fee is payable for the first year of the licence.
- (a) the boat that is the primary commercial fishing boat;
- (b) the authorised number of tender boats for each fishery symbol written on the licence.