154   Register of permits

(1)  The Minister is required to keep a register of aquaculture permits for the purposes of this Part.

(2)  The Minister is required to enter in the register, in relation to each permit:

(a)  the name and business address of the permit holder, and

(b)  the date on which the permit was issued, and

(c)  the class or classes (if any) of the permit, and

(d)  the address or description of the area to which the permit applies, and

(e)  the type of aquaculture authorised by the permit within any such area, and

(f)  the conditions of the permit imposed by the Minister, and

(g)  particulars of any suspension or cancellation of the permit, and

(h)  any other matters prescribed by the regulations or determined by the Minister.

(3)  Particulars may be entered in the register by including in the register a copy of an aquaculture permit and any document that imposes conditions on the permit, or revokes or varies conditions of the permit, after the permit is issued.

(4)  The register may be kept wholly or partly by means of a computer.

(5)  Any person who attends the place where the register is kept during ordinary business hours is entitled to inspect the register.

(6)  If the register is kept wholly or partly by means of a computer, this section is taken to be complied with by providing a computer print-out or providing access to a computer terminal that can be used to view the register.