20Provisional allocation of quota units

20 Provisional allocation of quota units

(1) Within 3 months of the day after all of the objection periods in relation to catch history notices given under section 18 have ended, the Minister must do the following: (a) determine the final boat catch history for each primary boat licence in force on the snapshot day; (b) determine the number of tender boat licences as mentioned in subparagraph 18(2)(c)(i) for each person who was given a catch history notice under section 18, taking into account all objections to catch history notices made under section 19 in relation to the number of tender boat licences (if any); (c) determine under subsection (6) of this section the number of quota units to be provisionally allocated to each person who was given a catch history notice under section 18; (d) give a notice to each person who was given a catch history notice under section 18 that sets out the number of quota units provisionally allocated to the person. Final boat catch history (2) The final boat catch history for a primary boat licence is determined in the same way as the provisional boat catch history for the primary boat licence, except that in applying step 1 of the method statement in subsection 18(4), the amounts must be determined taking into account all objections to provisional boat catch histories made under section 19 (if any). (3) The Minister must consider an objection to a provisional boat catch history made under section 19 in accordance with the Authority’s catch verification policy. Entitlement based on primary boat licences (4) A person who is the principal holder of a primary boat licence on the snapshot day is entitled, in relation to the primary boat licence, to a provisional allocation of the number of quota units worked out according to the following formula: start formula start fraction 350,400 times final boat catch history over final total catch history end fraction end formula

where:

final boat catch history means the final boat catch history for the primary boat licence as determined by the Minister in accordance with subsection (2).

final total catch history means the sum of each final boat catch history for all primary boat licences that are in force on the snapshot day.

Note: The number 350,400 in the formula represents 80% of the 438,000 quota units that are to be allocated to the TVH sector under section 15.

Entitlement based on tender boat licences (5) A person who is the principal holder of a tender boat licence on the snapshot day is entitled, in relation to the tender boat licence, to a provisional allocation of the number of quota units worked out according to the following formula: start formula start fraction 87,600 over total number of tender boat licences end fraction end formula