After rule 57A of the Principal Rules , the following rule is inserted in Division 3:

57B.     Carry-over of partially caught quota unit on same entitlement

(1)  Except as provided in subrule (2) , the Minister may allow a licence holder to carry over, from one quota year to the next, up to one partially caught rock lobster quota unit from the uncaught rock lobster quota unit balance on the entitlement from which the rock lobster quota unit was fished.

(2)  A partially caught rock lobster quota unit allowed to be carried over from the 2015/2016 quota year is to be carried over to the 2017/2018 quota year.

(3)  However –

(a) subrule (1) applies only in respect of uncaught rock lobster quota unit balances for the 2015/2016 quota year and following quota years; and

(b) a partially caught rock lobster quota unit that has been carried over from one quota year to the next under subrule (1) cannot be transferred from one entitlement to another.