FISHERIES ACT 1994 - SECT 68AB Suspension or cancellation for non-payment of fee other than because of dishonoured cheque

FISHERIES ACT 1994 - SECT 68AB

68AB Suspension or cancellation for non-payment of fee other than because of dishonoured cheque

(1) This section applies if—

(a) a fee payable under this Act for or relating to an authority is not paid; and

(b) the authority is not suspended under section 68A ; and

(c) the fee is not for an application to which section 68A (1) (c) applies.

(2) The chief executive may give the holder of the authority a notice warning the holder that, under this section—

(a) the authority will be suspended unless the fee is paid or a repayment agreement for the fee is made within 30 days after the giving of the notice; and

(b) if the authority is a commercial fisher licence—it will be cancelled unless the fee is paid or a repayment agreement for the fee is made within 90 days after the giving of the notice.

(3) If the fee is not paid or a repayment agreement for the fee is not made within 30 days after the giving of the notice the authority is suspended.

(4) The suspension ends if the fee is paid within 90 days after the giving of the notice.

(5) If—

(a) the authority is a commercial fisher licence; and

(b) the fee is not paid or a repayment agreement for the fee is not made within 90 days after the giving of the notice;

the authority is cancelled.

(6) Otherwise, the suspension continues until and unless the fee is paid or a repayment agreement for the fee is made.

(7) In this section—


"commercial fisher licence" means an authority that, under a regulation, is described as a commercial fisher licence.


"repayment agreement" , for a fee, means a written agreement between the holder of the authority and the chief executive for the payment of the fee.