77ALicensing agent

77A Licensing agent

[Section 77A Inserted by No. 24 of 2021, s. 7, Applied:31 Mar 2023]

(1)  In this section –

party to a deed of agreement means a person who has a right to take and acquire commercially protected fish pursuant to a deed of agreement.

(2)  The following persons may nominate an adult to be a licensing agent for the purposes of a licence or a deed of agreement:

(a) a person applying for a licence;

(b) the holder of a licence;

(c) a party to a deed of agreement.

(3)  A person applying for the grant of a commercial fishing licence must nominate an adult to be the licensing agent for the purposes of the licence if the applicant is a partnership, a corporation or a trustee.

(4)  The nomination of a person to be a licensing agent under this section must –

(a) be made to the Secretary in an approved form; and

(b) specify those activities that the licence holder or party to the deed of agreement authorises the licensing agent to carry out on behalf of the licence holder or the party to the deed of agreement; and

(c) contain the information required in the approved form.

(5)  Activities that may be specified under subsection (4)(b) include, but are not limited to, the following activities:

(a) the provision of specified classes of records, documents or information, on behalf of the licence holder or the party to the deed of agreement;

(b) access and use of any specified online facility on behalf of the licence holder or the party to the deed of agreement;

(c) the receipt of specified classes of records, documents or information, on behalf of the licence holder or the party to the deed of agreement;

(d) the signing of specified classes of records, documents or information, on behalf of the licence holder or the party to the deed of agreement;