(1) On and from 1 November 2010, no person may commence or continue operating as an amateur-fishing charter vessel operator unless the person is registered by the chief executive as an amateur-fishing charter vessel operator.
(2) The chief executive must register a person as an amateur-fishing charter vessel operator on presentation of a properly completed application on an approved form accompanied by the appropriate fee specified in subclause (3).
(3) The application fee is—
(4) The registration of a person as an amateur-fishing charter vessel operator expires at the close of the day that is 1 year after the date on which the person is registered.
(5) However, a person's registration does not expire under subclause (4) until the chief executive has decided whether to re-register the person if the person has, not later than 1 month before the person's registration expires, applied to be re-registered and, at the date on which the registration would otherwise expire under subclause (4), the chief executive has not decided whether to re-register the person.
(6) The chief executive may revoke the registration of a person as an amateur-fishing charter vessel operator if the person persistently fails to comply with the reporting obligations provided under regulation 26B, but must not do so before giving the person—
(7) The chief executive may revoke the registration of a person as an amateur-fishing charter vessel operator if the person is subject to a current prohibition order relating to fishing made by the court.
Regulation 26A: inserted, on 1 October 2010, by regulation 5 of the Fisheries (Amateur Fishing) Amendment Regulations 2010 (SR 2010/294).