Fisheries (Scalefish) Rules 2015

This rule applies to a licence of any of the following classes:class personal, if the licence is endorsed with any endorsement referred to in Division 2 of this Part; class seine; class scalefish, other than a fishing licence (rock lobster); class species; class small-mesh gillnet; class Danish seine; class squid.

A licence to which this rule applies may only be granted to a person if the person lodging the application for the licence – held – in the case of an application for a fishing licence (personal) to be endorsed with any endorsement referred to in Division 2 of this Part, a fishing licence (personal) endorsed with those endorsements on the preceding 31 August; or in the case of an application for any other licence, a licence the same as that applied for on the last day of the preceding February; and has not transferred the licence referred to in paragraph (a); and lodges the application for a licence of a type in accordance with section 77 of the Act within 12 months after the expiry of the licence of that type that he or she currently holds.