64—Applications for registration
(1) An application for
registration as a fish processor must—
(a) be
made in a manner and form approved by the Minister; and
(b) be
signed by the applicant and completed in accordance with the instructions
contained in the form; and
(c)
specify the premises, places, boats and vehicles proposed to be used by the
applicant for or in connection with processing, storing, transporting or
dealing with aquatic resources; and
(d) be
accompanied by the fee fixed by regulation or an instalment of the fee in
accordance with the regulations.
(2) An applicant must
provide the Minister with such evidence as the Minister thinks appropriate as
to the identity, age and address of the applicant and any other information
required by the Minister for the purposes of determining the application.
(3) The Minister may
refuse to grant an application for registration in the following
circumstances:
(a) the
Minister is not satisfied the applicant is a fit and proper person to hold
registration of the kind to which the application relates;
(b)
prescribed grounds for the refusal exist.
(4) Registration will
not be granted by the Minister except on payment of the registration fee fixed
by regulation or on payment (in accordance with the regulations) of an
instalment of the registration fee.