Western Australian Current Regulations

MOORING REGULATIONS 1998 - REG 13A

13A .         Surrender of mooring licence

        (1)         A mooring licensee may surrender the mooring licence by giving written notice to the Minister.

        (2)         A mooring licence cannot be surrendered if the licence has been cancelled under regulation 14(1).

        (3)         A mooring licensee who surrenders a mooring licence is entitled to a proportionate refund of the fee paid for the licence if the Minister is satisfied that —

            (a)         any mooring on the mooring site has been removed or disposed of in accordance with regulation 21; and

            (b)         if it had not been surrendered, the licence would not have been cancelled under regulation 14(1).

        (4)         If a mooring licensee’s licensed vessel is authorised under regulation 7D(2) by the operation of regulation 7C(5), the surrender of the licensee’s mooring licence does not affect the validity of the authorisation.

        (5)         The Minister must give the mooring licensee written notice of the date on which the surrender of the mooring licence has or had effect.

        (6)         Without limiting the Interpretation Act 1984 sections 75 and 76, subregulation (5) is complied with if the notice is sent by post to the mooring licensee’s address that is recorded in the register.

        [Regulation 13A inserted: SL 2021/147 r. 16.]