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Fisheries Management Act 1994
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#### 118 Provisions relating to registration
118 Provisions relating to registration
> > (1) Any person may apply to the Minister to be registered under this Division as a fish receiver.
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> > (2) An application is to be in the form approved by the Minister and is to be accompanied by such fee (if any) as is prescribed by the regulations.
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> > (3) The Minister is required to register an applicant as a fish receiver unless the Minister is authorised by the regulations to refuse the application.
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> > (4) The regulations may prescribe different classes of registered fish receivers.
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> > (5) The registration of a fish receiver—
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> > > (a) is subject to such conditions as are prescribed by the regulations or specified in the certificate of registration, and
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> > > (b) remains in force for the period of 1 year or such other period as is specified in the certificate of registration, and
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> > > (c) may be renewed from time to time in accordance with the regulations, and
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> > > (d) may be cancelled or suspended by the Minister in the circumstances authorised by the regulations.
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> > (6) The Minister may, at any time by notice in writing to a registered fish receiver, revoke or vary the conditions of the registration or add new conditions. This subsection does not apply to conditions prescribed by the regulations.
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> > (7) A registered fish receiver who contravenes any condition of the registration is guilty of an offence.
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> > Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
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> > (8) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to the registration of fish receivers.