Schedule 2 Forms

Schedule 2 Forms

Form 1

sections 41(1)(b), 49(1)(b), 57(6)(b), 58(3)(b)(ii) and 59(3)(c)(ii)

Fisheries Management Act 1994

AQUACULTURE LEASE/RENEWAL OF AQUACULTURE LEASE

I, the Minister for [portfolio], lease on behalf of the Crown the area described below to you, the lessee, for the term, at the rent and on the conditions, if any, specified below.

| Your name | | | Your address | | | Lease class | | | Location of lease | | | Area of lease | | | Term of lease | | | Expiry date of lease | | | Rent payable for the lease per year | | | Special conditions applicable to the lease | 1.2.3.4.5.6. |

Note—

The rent is subject to periodic redetermination as provided by the Fisheries Management Act 1994, section 165(2).

Lessee’s covenants

You, the lessee, agree that you will—

(a) comply with the Fisheries Management Act 1994 (the Act) and the Fisheries Management (Aquaculture) Regulation 2024 (the regulation), and

(b) pay rent for your leased area yearly in advance or by instalments as required by the Act and the regulation, and

(c) ensure your leased area is used only for aquaculture, and the cultivation of fish or marine vegetation on the leased area is carried out in accordance with a relevant aquaculture industry development plan notified from time to time by the Secretary of the Department, and

(d) ensure your leased area is kept in a neat and tidy condition to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Department.

You also agree to adjust the areas of cultivation on your leased area so as to allow safe navigation if existing channels change or something else happens requiring the channels to be altered.

Conditions of the lease

It is a condition of the lease that I may cancel the lease if you fail to comply with a notice served on you—

(a) in accordance with the Act, section 162(2), and

(b) in your capacity as the holder of an aquaculture permit, and

(c) within the period specified in the notice.