PART IN.I.FUNCTIONS OF THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE

N.I.Other provisions for the improvement and protection of fisheries

[F111C F2Amendment, suspension and revocation of fish culture licences.N.I.

(1)The Department may at any time amend any fish culture licence, either on its own motion or on the application of the holder of the licence.

(2)Where the Department proposes to amend any fish culture licence on its own motion, the Department shall—

(a)give to the holder of the licence a written notification of its intention to do so; and

(b)state in that notification—

(i)the specific amendment under consideration, and

(ii)the grounds upon which it is proposed to be made.

(3)If the holder of the licence objects to the proposed amendment, he may, within 28 days from the day on which notification is given to him under subsection (2), appeal to the Appeals Commission.

(4)A fish culture licence may be suspended or revoked in accordance with the provisions of Schedule 1; and in the application of those provisions for the purposes of this section—

(a)“licence” means a fish culture licence; and

(b)the references in paragraphs 1 and 3 to the fishery with respect to which the licence was issued shall be construed as references to the fish farm to which the licence relates.]

F2funcions transf. by SR 2003/163