Marine Living Resources Act, 1998 (Act No. 18 of 1998)

Regulations

Regulations in terms of the Marine Living Resources Act, 1998

Chapter 8 : Compliance Control

77. Marking of fishing vessels

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(1)Subject to the provisions of the Act, no person shall use any fishing vessel unless it bears the registration letters and numbers assigned thereto by the Director-General.

 

(2)The letters and numbers contemplated in subregulation (1), shall be affixed according to the specifications set out in Annexure 14.

 

(3)The registration letters and numbers assigned to any fishing vessel shall not be transferred to any other vessel without the written authority of the Director-General and shall not be used on, painted on or attached to any other vessel.

 

(4)When any fishing vessel ceases to be licensed in terms of the provisions of the Act, the owner of such a vessel shall obliterate or remove every registration letter and number from such a vessel within 21 days.

 

(5)If the owner of a licensed fishing vessel sells or otherwise disposes of such a vessel, in the case where the requirements of the Act have—
(a)been complied with, transfer fees determined by the Minister under section 25 of the Act, shall be payable; and
(b)not been complied with, the licence shall lapse.