Aquaculture Regulations 2016

The Minister may, on application by the holder of an aquaculture licence for division of the licence area into separate licence areas, substitute the original licence with licences over the separate licence areas.

The following rules apply to the substitution of licences under this regulation:

there must be no change in the persons holding a licence;

the terms of the substituted licences must be for the balance of the term of the original licence;

the licence areas of the substituted licences must together make up the licence area of the original licence;

the conditions of a substituted licence must be the same as the conditions of the original licence, except for conditions designating a licence area or conditions relating to marking out the boundaries of a licence area.

An application for division of a licence area into separate licence areas—

must be made to the Minister in the manner and form required by the

must be accompanied by a plan delineating—

the licence area of the original licence; and

the separate licence areas into which the original licence area is to be divided; and

if the public register includes a notation that a specified person has an interest in the original licence—must be accompanied by evidence that the person consents to the division; and

must be accompanied by the prescribed fee.