9Permits

9 Permits

(1)  [Section 9 Subsection (1) amended by No. 64 of 2002, Sched. 1, Applied:31 Dec 2002] A person may apply to the Secretary for a permit under this section.

(2)  An application for a permit –

(a) [Section 9 Subsection (2) amended by No. 64 of 2002, Sched. 1, Applied:31 Dec 2002] may be made in writing in a form approved by the Secretary or in such other manner as the Secretary may approve; and

(b) [Section 9 Subsection (2) amended by No. 64 of 2002, Sched. 1, Applied:31 Dec 2002] shall, where required by the Secretary, be accompanied by the prescribed fee.

(3)  [Section 9 Subsection (3) amended by No. 64 of 2002, Sched. 1, Applied:31 Dec 2002] On receipt of an application for a permit made by a person pursuant to subsection (2) , the Secretary may–

(a) grant the permit subject to such conditions as are specified in the permit; or

(b) refuse to grant the permit.

(4)  A permit granted to a person pursuant to subsection (3) (a) authorizes that person to do any or all of the following:

(a) to take or interfere with a whale or product of a whale for scientific or educational purposes;

(b) take or interfere with a whale in the course of and incidental to licensed commercial fishing or marine farming operations specified in the permit;

(c) to do, for specified scientific purposes, any specified act constituting interference with whales;

(d) to have a whale or product of a whale in his possession or obtain a product of a whale in a specified manner and for specified purposes connected with the preservation, conservation, and protection of whales;