(1) If a person
applies to the CEO for the grant of a commercial fishing licence authorising
that person to engage in commercial fishing and the CEO is satisfied that it
is in the better interests of the fishing industry to grant the licence the
CEO may do so.
(2) The CEO must issue
a receipt to a person who has applied for the grant or renewal of a commercial
fishing licence.
(3) A receipt issued
under subregulation (2) is to —
(a) be
in a form approved by the CEO; and
(b)
specify the following —
(i)
the name of the person who applied for the grant or
renewal of the licence;
(ii)
the date on which the receipt was issued.
[Regulation 122 amended: Gazette
6 Jul 2007 p. 3389; 26 Aug 2014 p. 3083.]