Fisheries (General) Regulation 2019
sec.71Criteria for cancelling T4-ITQ units
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sec.71 Criteria for cancelling T4-ITQ units
This section applies in relation to T4-ITQ units held by a person if, in a T4-ITQ year, the person is convicted of a serious fisheries offence involving taking or possessing an amount of prescribed whiting that exceeds the person’s unused T4-ITQ unit entitlements for the T4-ITQ year by at least 500kg (whole weight). An appropriate cancellation may be cancellation of the number of the person’s T4-ITQ units with an entitlement equivalent to the amount of prescribed whiting unlawfully taken or possessed by the person. (sec.71-ssec.1) This section applies in relation to T4-ITQ units held by a person if, in a T4-ITQ year, the person is convicted of a serious fisheries offence involving taking or possessing an amount of prescribed whiting that exceeds the person’s unused T4-ITQ unit entitlements for the T4-ITQ year by at least 500kg (whole weight). (sec.71-ssec.2) An appropriate cancellation may be cancellation of the number of the person’s T4-ITQ units with an entitlement equivalent to the amount of prescribed whiting unlawfully taken or possessed by the person.