Fisheries Act 2000

The conservator may, by written notice (an amendment notice) given to a licensee, amend a fisheries licence if satisfied that—

the licensee is a suitable person to hold the licence as amended; and

if the licensee is a corporation—each influential person for the licensee is a suitable person to hold the licence as amended; and

the licensed activity is a suitable activity for the licence as amended.

Suitable activity, for a fisheries licence—see s 26.

However, the conservator may amend the licence only if—

the conservator has given the licensee written notice of the proposed amendment (a proposal notice); and

the proposal notice states that written submissions about the proposal may be made to the conservator before the end of a stated period of at least 14 days after the day the proposal notice is given to the licensee; and

after the end of the stated period, the conservator has considered any submissions made in accordance with the proposal notice.

Subsection (2) does not apply to a person if the licensee applied for, or agreed in writing to, the amendment.

The amendment takes effect on the day the amendment notice is given to the licensee or a later day stated in the notice.