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Fisheries Management Act 1994
40TTransfer of quota
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#### 40T Transfer of quota
40T Transfer of quota
> > (1) The regulations may provide for the transfer of quota between commercial fishing authority holders.
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> > (2) A commercial fishing authority holder may transfer to any other commercial fishing authority holder the whole or any part of the authority holder’s quota in accordance with the regulations.
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> > (3) Subject to the regulations, a quota for a fishing period is not transferable after the end of the fishing period.
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> > (4) The regulations may authorise a commercial fishing authority holder—
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> > > (a) to transfer to the next fishing period any part of the quota for the current fishing period that is not taken during the current period, or
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> > > (b) to transfer to the current fishing period part of the quota for the next fishing period.
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> **ss 40P–40T:** Ins 2015 No 59, Sch 1 \[21\].