Section 64 of the Principal Act is amended as follows:

(a) by inserting the following subsection after subsection (1) :

(1A)  Subsection (1) does not apply to –

(a) a person who carries out any activity specified in that subsection under the supervision of the holder of a marine farming licence or a supervisor at a place specified on that licence; or

(b) a person who is authorised to use a marine farming licence by means of a sub-lease under section 74 of the Marine Farming Planning Act 1995 at a place specified on that licence; or

(c) a person who is under the supervision of a person referred to in paragraph (b) .

(b) by inserting the following subsection after subsection (4) :

(4A)  Subsection (4)(a) does not apply to a person who is the owner of the area to which the application for the marine farming licence relates.