FISH RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ACT 1994 - SECT 80

FISH RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ACT 1994 - SECT 80

80 .         Permit for processing fish, grant of

        (1)         If a person applies to the CEO for a permit and the CEO is satisfied that —

            (a)         the person is a fit and proper person to hold such a permit; and

            (b)         the person intends to process fish for a commercial purpose in or on the place; and

            (c)         the person appears likely to satisfy the criteria for the grant of a fish processor’s licence; and

            (d)         it is in the better interests of the fishing industry to grant the permit having regard to —

                  (i)         the number of establishments in respect of which permits or fish processor’s licences have already been granted or sought; and

                  (ii)         the size and nature of those establishments; and

                  (iii)         such other matters as the CEO thinks fit;

                and

            (e)         the construction or modification (as the case may be) and the use of the place has been approved by other relevant authorities,

                the CEO may grant to the person a permit.

        (2)         The permit may authorise the person, or persons acting on that person’s behalf, to construct the place or to modify the place for the purpose of enabling the use of the place to process fish for a commercial purpose.

        [Section 80 amended: No. 28 of 2006 s. 236(1).]