76AEligible person

76A Eligible person

[Section 76A Inserted by No. 24 of 2021, s. 7, Applied:31 Mar 2023]

(1)  The categories of licence are as follows:

(a) recreational fishing licence;

(b) commercial fishing licence;

(c) marine farming licence;

(d) fish processing licence;

(e) handling licence.

(2)  A person may apply to the Secretary to be approved as eligible to hold a licence of a particular category.

(3)  An application under subsection (2) must –

(a) be made in an approved form; and

(b) specify the category of licence to which the application relates; and

(c) contain the information required in the approved form; and

(d) be accompanied by the prescribed fee.

(4)  The Secretary may grant an application for a person to be approved as eligible to hold a licence of a particular category, with or without conditions, or may refuse to grant the application.

(5)  The Secretary may only grant an application under subsection (4) if satisfied that –

(a) the applicant is a suitable person to hold a licence of the category specified in the application; and

(b) in the case of a natural person who is applying to be eligible to hold a licence of a category, other than the category of licence for recreational fishing, the person is an adult.

(6)  If a person’s application to be eligible to hold a licence of a particular category is refused under this section, the person may not make a further application in respect of that category of licence under this section until 12 months has lapsed from the date on which the person’s application was refused.

(7)  The Secretary may require a person to –