MARINE SAFETY ACT 1998 - SECT 17
Minister's approval required for aquaculture leases over navigable waters
MARINE SAFETY ACT 1998 - SECT 17
Minister's approval required for aquaculture leases over navigable waters
17 Minister's approval required for aquaculture leases over navigable waters
(1) The Minister administering the Fisheries Management Act 1994 may not
grant or renew an aquaculture lease over navigable waters under Part 6 of that
Act without the approval of the Minister administering this Act.
(2) The
grounds on which the Minister may refuse to give that approval are that--
(a)
it is in the public interest that the area concerned remain available for the
navigation of vessels rather than be used for aquaculture, or
(b) sufficient
provision has not been made to ensure that structures on the leased area are
not, and will not become, a danger to the safe navigation of vessels.
(b) the
grant or renewal of a lease of a class excluded from this section by notice
given to the Minister administering that Act by the Minister administering
this Act.