61Certified copy of lease or plan

61 Certified copy of lease or plan

61 Certified copy of lease or plan

(1) If an aquaculture lease document or a plan annexed to an aquaculture lease document is lost or destroyed, the Minister may give the lessee a certified copy of the document or plan, subject to—

(a) payment of the fee specified in Schedule 3, Part 2, item 24, and

(b) the lessee giving notice, in the approved form, setting out the circumstances in which the document or plan was lost or destroyed.

(2) If, under an Act or law, the lessee must lodge the original of an aquaculture lease document with the Minister or another person, the lessee may instead lodge a certified copy of the document given to the lessee under subsection (1).

(3) The Minister may—

(a) give a person a copy of a survey plan or map relating to an aquaculture lease, and

(b) certify the copy as being a true copy of the original, and

(c) charge a fee for the copy not more than the amount specified in Schedule 3, Part 2, item 25.

(4) A lessee who gives the Minister a statutory declaration setting out the circumstances in which the original document or plan was lost or destroyed is taken to have given notice in the approved form.