18—Vehicles used to tow commercial fishing boats
(1) For the purposes
of section 25(1)(a) of the Act, a vehicle that—
(a) is
owned by the holder of a fishery authority under the Fisheries Management
Act 2007 ; and
(b) is
used solely for the purpose of towing a registered boat within the meaning of
that Act,
is a prescribed class of vehicle.
(2) The registration
of such a vehicle under section 25 of the Act is subject to the condition
that a person must not, during the period for which the vehicle is registered
under that section, drive the vehicle, or cause, suffer or permit the vehicle
to be driven, on a road except for the purpose of—
(a)
towing a boat referred to in subregulation (1)(b) to a place at which it
is to be launched; or
(b)
retrieving such a boat from a place at which it has been landed.