Fisheries (Scallop) Rules 2020
35Transferring units
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35 Transferring units
(1) [Rule 35 Subrule (1) amended by S.R. 2025, No. 10, Applied:09 Apr 2025] The Secretary may transfer a scallop quota unit.
(2) [Rule 35 Subrule (2) amended by S.R. 2025, No. 10, Applied:09 Apr 2025] The transfer may, in the Secretary's discretion, be on a permanent or temporary basis.
(3) [Rule 35 Subrule (3) amended by S.R. 2025, No. 10, Applied:09 Apr 2025] The Secretary is not to transfer a scallop quota unit to a person who is not the holder of a fishing licence (scallop).
(4) [Rule 35 Subrule (4) amended by S.R. 2025, No. 10, Applied:09 Apr 2025] If only 10 scallop quota units are held on a fishing licence (scallop), the Secretary is not to transfer any scallop quota units unless –
(a) they are transferred with the fishing licence (scallop) under rule 33 ; or
(b) [Rule 35 Subrule (4) amended by S.R. 2025, No. 10, Applied:09 Apr 2025] the licence is surrendered to the Secretary and the scallop quota units are transferred to the holder of another fishing licence (scallop).
(5) Subrule (4) does not apply to the transfer of scallop quota units on a temporary basis.
(6) [Rule 35 Subrule (6) amended by S.R. 2025, No. 10, Applied:09 Apr 2025] The Secretary is not to transfer on a temporary basis a scallop quota unit that has been wholly or partially caught.