Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1994

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Amendment of section 222B (6) of Principal Act.

7.—Section 222B of the Principal Act (inserted by section 2 of the Act of 1983) is hereby amended by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (6) thereof:

“(6) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (3) (c) of this section, where the Minister receives an application for a licence for the purposes of this section and—

(a) the application relates to a sea-fishing boat which is owned by a body corporate and the Minister (or an officer authorised in accordance with subsection (3) (e) of this section) is not satisfied that the body corporate is under the control of, beneficially owned by or under the control of and beneficially owned by a person or persons who, or, as may be appropriate, each of whom, is either a qualified individual or a qualified body, or

(b) the Minister (or an officer authorised in accordance with subsection (3) (e) of this section) is satisfied that the applicant has previously used or attempted to use a sea-fishing boat for sea-fishing in contravention of, or that he has fished for sea-fish or has attempted so to fish contrary to subsection (2) of this section,

he may refuse the application.”.