55Endorsement of licences as non-transferable

55 Endorsement of licences as non-transferable

(1)  The Minister is to endorse a fishing licence (scalefish C) as a non-transferable fishing licence.

(2)  A licence specified in subrule (1) may only be used by the holder of that licence.

(3)  The Minister is to endorse a fishing licence (scalefish A) or a fishing licence (scalefish B) as a non-transferable fishing licence if the holder of the licence does not have a recorded catch history of scalefish for the period starting on 1 July 1998 and ending on 28 February 2003.

(4)  [Rule 55 Subrule (4) amended by S.R. 2023, No. 71, Applied:01 Nov 2023] A scalefish licence that is endorsed as a non-transferable fishing licence under subrule (3) may only be used by –

(a) the holder of the licence; or

(b) if the licence authorised a person to be a supervisor of the licence at the time the licence was endorsed as a non-transferable licence, the supervisor of the licence.