54Obtaining Minister’s consent to sublet leased area—the Act, ss 172 and 289(1)

54 Obtaining Minister’s consent to sublet leased area—the Act, ss 172 and 289(1)

54 Obtaining Minister’s consent to sublet leased area—the Act, ss 172 and 289(1)

(1) An application for the Minister’s consent to the subletting of a leased area must be—

(a) made to the Minister in the approved form, and

(b) accompanied by—

(i) the processing fee specified in Schedule 3, Part 2, item 13, and

(ii) for each additional application for consent to sublet lodged on the same day—the processing fee specified in Schedule 3, Part 2, item 14.

(2) The Minister must—

(a) grant the application, or

(b) refuse to grant the application.

(3) The Minister may refuse the application if—

(a) if the sublessee is an individual—the sublessee is disqualified under the Act, section 161 from holding an aquaculture permit, or

(b) if the sublessee is a corporation—the sublessee, or a director or another person involved in the management of the sublessee, is disqualified under the Act, section 161 from holding an aquaculture permit, or

(c) the lessee or the sublessee has outstanding rent, contributions or other amounts payable to the Minister for an aquaculture lease, or

(d) the lessee or the sublessee has, in the Minister’s opinion, a poor record of managing 1 or more leased areas, or

(e) in the Minister’s opinion, it would not be in the public interest to grant the application.