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Fisheries Management Act 1994
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#### 107B Fishing boat licences
107B Fishing boat licences
> > (1) The Minister may issue to a person a licence (a fishing boat licence) that authorises a boat to be used for declared commercial fishing boat activities.
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> > (2) A fishing boat licence authorises the use of a single boat for all declared commercial fishing boat activities.
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> > (3) A fishing boat licence may be issued whether or not the applicant for the licence is able to provide identification details for the boat to be used under the authority of the licence.
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> > (4) The holder of a fishing boat licence must not use a boat, or permit a boat to be used, for a declared commercial fishing boat activity under the authority or purported authority of the licence unless the holder has given the Secretary notice of the identification details for the boat to be used.
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> > Maximum penalty—10 penalty units.
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> > (5) The notice must be given in a form approved by the Secretary.
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> > (6) In this section, the identification details for a boat means such details as the Secretary requires to identify a boat.
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> **s 107B:** Ins 2015 No 59, Sch 1 \[62\].